Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

The Algorithmification of Migration: A Case Study Exploration (Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Societies Project, Jan. 2024) [text]

- "This study explores the use of algorithms in migration, employing a case study methodology focused on two entities: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the U.S. government."

Aprender en movimiento: soluciones digitales para la educación de niñas y niños migrantes (IADB Blog, July 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Brazil and Colombia.

Biometrics innovation: Transforming the way we collect fingerprints at UNHCR  (UNHCR Blog, July 2024) [text]

How AI is advancing socioeconomic insights into disaster displacement (IDMC Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

Indigenous women mapping a sustainable future for refugees and their hosts (UNHCR Innovation Service, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Panama.

Unlocking the Power of AI for Humanitarians (ReliefWeb Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Development for Empowerment: Mobilising Online and Digital Micro-Credentials for Refugees," Journal of Learning for Development, vol. 11, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Digitalized social and emotional learning and better wellbeing among displaced Syrian adolescents in Lebanon," International Journal of Mental Health, Latest Articles, 13 July 2024 [open access]

"Humanitarian organization culture and humanitarian organization usage of digital cash-based assistance: the mediating role of financial service providers’ technology readiness," Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, EarlyCite, 25 July 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Superpowers with Villainous Objectives: How the Executive Branch’s Immigration Enforcement 'Powers' Utilize Technology to Violate Noncitizens’ Privacy," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 38, no 2 (2024) [full-text]

"Technology is Not Your Friend: How One Mobile App Harms Asylum Seekers," California Western International Law Journal, vol. 54, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2024 (US Dept. of State, June 2024) [access]

- The introduction focuses on "Exploring the Role and Impacts of Digital Technology on Human Trafficking."

"The use of digital platforms by citizen aid actors during the Ukraine humanitarian crisis," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 8 July 2024 [open access]

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- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (18 July 2024)