10 November 2023

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 4-8 December 2023 [info]
- "Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis and admissions/bookings will close when maximum capacity has been reached." 

Event: Mobilizing Action Toward the Global Compact on Refugees: A Discussion with Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, New York/Online, 13 November 2023 [info]

CFP: Crisisology no more: Migration Geographies beyond the Lens of Crisis, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-20 April 2024 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 14 November 2023.

CFP: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]
- Submit proposals by 17 November 2023.

Call for registration: Conference on "Internal Displacement and Solutions," Online, 14-15 March 2024 [info]
- Registration opens 1 December 2023.

Short pieces:

High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

High Commissioner’s statement to the United Nations Security Council (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Responding to forced displacement: data-informed policies for both refugees and hosts (Let's Talk Development Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Reports:

International Migration Outlook 2023 (OECD, Oct. 2023) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Key Informant Interviews: A Practical Guide for Refugee and Displacement Researchers (Jeff Crisp, Nov. 2023) [text]

Leveraging Harmonized Data to Improve Welfare among Forcibly Displaced Populations and
their Hosts: A Technical Brief Series (World Bank, June 2023) [access]
- Follow link to access three policy briefs: 1) A profile of forcibly displaced populations and their hosts, 2) Do legal restrictions affect refugees’ labor market and education outcomes? Evidence from harmonized data, and 3) Welfare in forcibly displaced populations: from measuring outcomes to building capabilities. See also related blog post.

MOPAN Assessment Report: International Organization for Migration (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Oct. 2023) [access]
- Follow link for the report to two parts, an overview of IOM's performance, and a press release.

Journal articles:

"Editorial: Bodies at borders: analyzing the objectification and containment of migrants at border crossing," Frontiers in Sociology, 6 Nov. 2023 [open access]
- Provides an overview of the themes and findings of the articles published as part of this research topic.

"Ethical Considerations in Research with People from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds: A Systematic Review of National and International Ethics Guidelines," Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Latest Articles, 27 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"Performing Border Externalisation: Media Deterrence Campaigns and Neoliberal Belonging," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 14 July 2023 [free full-text]
- See also related blog post.

"Political participation of refugee and host community youths: epistemic resistance through artistic and participatory spaces," Journal of Youth Studies, Latest Articles, 26 Oct. 2023 [open access]

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