Thematic Focus: General

Opportunity:

CFP: Frontiers in Human Dynamics or Frontiers in Political Science [info]

- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Displacement(s) and Dispossession(s)." Submit abstracts by 25 September 2023.

Short pieces:

Forced displacement is at a record high – and so is the data we have on it (World Economic Forum Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

The Fourth Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture, 31 Aug. 2023 [text]

- Speech given by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs.

Reports:

Guidelines for Co-produced Research with Refugees and Other People with Lived Experience of Displacement (May 2023) [access]

- "These Guidelines have been developed through an extensive collaborative process involving refugee leaders, academics, practitioners and policymakers from around the world" and are available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. See also information about the consultation process.

Institutional Strategy on Development Solutions to Internal Displacement (UNDP, Aug. 2023) [text]

Keywords on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2023) [text via LERRN]

Migration, Forced Displacement, and Human Development (Wilson Center, July 2023) [text]

Thematic priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (OHCHR, July 2023) [access]

- Comments submitted in response to a call for input "to inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons to the 78th session of the General Assembly" are now available online.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Participatory research among youth – too little, too much, too romanticised? Reflections on co-research with young refugees," Chapter in Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: Reclaiming the Future (Routledge, June 2023) [open access]

"Social Consequences of Forced and Refugee Migration," Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 49 (2023) [open access]

"Why Chaplaincy at Asylum Centers is a Good Idea: A Care Ethics Perspective on Spiritual Care for Refugees," Journal of Religion and Health, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Why Refugees Should Be Enfranchised," Journal of Applied Philosophy, Early View, 8 Aug. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Leaving no-one behind in official statistics: Inclusion of forcibly displaced in national surveys and SDG Indicators, 7 June 2023 [access]

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