Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

Bridging the digital divide: addressing digital inequalities among climate refugees (Media@LSE Blog, April 2024) [text]

"The Grim High-Tech Dystopia on the US-Mexico Border," Jacobin, 28 March 2024 [text]

"The problem with emergency aid’s growing reliance on corporations," The New Humanitarian, 15 April 2024 [text]

"Risky business of using algorithms in immigration detention," LSJ Online, 15 April 2024 [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports & journal articles:

"Between Empowerment and Surveillance: Forced Migration and Information and Communication Technologies," HUMANITAS, vol. 12, no. 23 (2024) [full-text]

"Exploring Dynamics in the Co-Production of Monitoring Technologies for Refugee Accommodations in Germany," Chapter in Interdisciplinary Migration Research with a Focus on New Technologies and Multiple Crisis: Relating Birds of Passage to Social Policies (Berlin Universities Publishing, March 2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 56.

"Investigations with Digital Open-Source Information and the Stabilization of International Norms: Protecting the Principle of Non-Refoulement," Chapter in International Law and Technological Change: Testing the Adaptability of International Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2024) [preprint]

"National Security Creep in the Use of Modern Technologies at the EU’s External Borders," Transnational Legal Theory (Forthcoming, 2024) [preprint]

"The Role of Social Media Networks in the Labor Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees: The Example of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany," Chapter in Interdisciplinary Migration Research with a Focus on New Technologies and Multiple Crisis: Relating Birds of Passage to Social Policies (Berlin Universities Publishing, March 2024) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 80.

Resource:

Artificial Intelligence in Humanitarian Action (ReliefWeb) [access]

- New topic page on ReliefWeb: "The presence of Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in the humanitarian field. It is used for data analysis, to help develop sustainable solutions in climate action and is utilized in the development of chatbots for vulnerable populations. While AI can make an positive impact in humanitarian efforts, the technology raises concerns around ethics, governance and technological inequality." For more info., see this blog post.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (21 March 2024)