25 February 2024

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Carleton’s James Milner Appointed Co-Chair of Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (LERRN, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Funding, Policy Changes Could Result in Countries Reaping Benefit of Migration," Inter Press Service, 23 Feb. 2024 [text]

Webinar Report: Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions (LERRN, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Beyond the Liberal and Illiberal Paradoxes: The Anocratic Hump in Refugee Protection and Asylum Recognition, CCIS Working Paper, no. 202 (UC San Diego, Jan. 2024) [text]

IOM Strategic Plan 2024-2028 [IOM, Jan. 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report in English, French and Spanish. See also related companion page.

Migration Governance Insights: Informing People-centred Migration Policies – Executive Summary (IOM, Jan. 2024) [text]

MOPAN Assessment Report: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Feb. 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report, technical annex, UNHCR performance at a glance (in English and French), and press release. Previous assessments are available here

A Realist Approach to Forced Migration and Human Displacement, RAFDI Policy Brief, no. 2 (Wilson Center, Jan. 2024) [text]

Traditional Approaches to Displacement are Not Working (Baker Institute, Feb. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Doing migration studies with an accent," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Editorial: Arts and Refugees: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Vol. 2)," Arts, vol. 13, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [open access]
- Provides an overview of the articles included in the related 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]

"'The Greatest and Most Important Human Right': Citizenship and Bureaucratic Indifference in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence," Migration Politics, Accepted manuscript, 22 Feb. 2024 [open access]
- "[A]nalyzes letters sent by refugees in Kenya to UNHCR headquarters in Geneva between 1983 and 1994."

"Migration information infrastructures: power, control and responsibility at a new frontier of migration research," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Reinventing the politics of knowledge production in migration studies: introduction to the special issue," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"The Refugee-Migrant Distinction and the Need for Bridging Analytical Divides in the Historiography," Journal of Migration History, vol. 9, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Secondary Qualitative Research Methodology Using Online Data within the Context of Social Sciences," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 30 May 2023 [open access]
- Uses a sample study in the field of forced migration.

"Strategic non-regulation as migration governance," Migration Politics, 2, 004 (Nov. 2023) [open access]

"Towards a precise and reflexive use of migration-related terminology in quantitative research: criticism and suggestions," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:10 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Transformational Leadership Qualities of Effective Grassroots Refugee-Led Organizations," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 2 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

Resource:

 Forced Displacement Microdata (UNHCR & World Bank) [access]
- This "dashboard lists publicly available datasets that have a representative sample of refugees or internally displaced people (IDP); by country, year, theme, data producer among others." More information is provided in this blog post.

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