Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Consultancy: Academic Content Development and Facilitation, Refugee-Led Research Hub [info]

- Submit application materials by 5 May 2024.

Call for participation: One-day Writing Workshop and Evening Panel Discussion, London, 25 October 2024 [info]

- Submit applications for the writing workshop by 17 May 2024.

Short pieces:

The Politics of Forced Displacement and How States Respond (RID Blog, April 2024) [text] 

Power dynamics, arm twisting and migrant rights: the many (ugly) faces of migration diplomacy (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [text]

Why many policies to lower migration actually increase it (The Conversation, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Inclusive urban solutions: City actors engaging with displaced communities (IIED, April 2024) [text]

Longitudinal evaluation of the implementation of UNHCR’s age, gender and diversity (AGD) policy: Final report, EVO/2023/16 (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

- The annexes were published separately. See also year 1 and year 2 longitudinal evaluations.

The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Migration Policy Institute, April 2024) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"How integration of refugees into national health systems became a global priority: a qualitative policy analysis," Conflict and Health, 18:31 (April 2024) [open access]

"State Interests and the Global Response to Forced Displacement: How Can We Move Forward?," Chapter in Global Governance and International Cooperation: Managing Global Catastrophic Risks in the 21st Century (Routledge, March 2024) [open access]

"Unsettled Hearing, Responsible Listening: Encounters with Voice after Forced Migration," Applied Linguistics Review, Ahead of Print, 16 April 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

A Conversation with Amy Pope, 11 March 2024 [access]

- IOM's director general "discusses her work...and the UN role in addressing climate mobility, legal frameworks for migration, and the present humanitarian crisis."

We Were Here (UNHCR) [access]

- Three-part series that just won the "people’s choice award in the documentary category of the Webby Awards. The series pairs popular content creators with refugees in Jordan, Germany and Uganda who share the same passions for music, food, and innovation."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (11 April 2024)