29 May 2024

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces: 

*AI for efficient, evidence-informed humanitarianism (UNHCR Innovation Service, May 2024) [text]

As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings (Just Security Blog, May 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

"The Deadly Digital Frontiers at the Border," Time Magazine, 21 May 2024 [text]

Here’s How AI Feels About Refugees (Built In, May 2024) [text]

Inclusion in Ethiopia’s ID system opens new doors for refugees (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

*UNHCR welcomes commitments at ID4Africa 2024 on digital identity gains for displaced people in Africa (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

The Digital Border: Migration, Technology and Inequality (Amnesty International, May 2024) [text]

"'Disconnecting from my smartphone is a privilege I do not have': Mobile connection and disconnection practices among migrants and asylum seekers in three migrant reception centres of Sicily," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 16 May 2024 [open access]

"A Double-Edged Sword? The Role of Digital Technologies in Marriage and Divorce Among Syrian Refugees in Northern Jordan," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Humanitarian AI revisited: Seizing the potential and sidestepping the pitfalls, Network Paper, no. 89 (Humanitarian Practice Network, May 2024) [text]

"Influence of hate speech about refugees in search algorithms on political attitudes: An online experiment," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 29 April 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"Making vulnerable groups able to connect socially and digitally—opportunities and pitfalls," Frontiers in Education, 2 May 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Norway, Denmark, and Belgium.

"Móviles para el desarrollo: el contexto de los teléfonos móviles para la ayuda a poblaciones vulnerables - El caso de los migrantes," Chapter in Fronteras en movimiento: Identidad, cooperación y desafíos en la relación México-Estados Unidos (Univ. Autónoma de Baja California, April 2024) [full-text]

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