05 December 2024

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

The Democratic Deficit in AI Humanitarian Systems: Why Community Participation Can't Wait (Tech Policy Press, Nov. 2024) [text]

A European language detection software to determine asylum seekers’ country of origin: Questioning the assumptions and implications of the EUAA’s project (ADiM Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

The First Humanitarian ICT Resolution: Ambitions and Limitations (EJIL: Talk Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

In the War on Migrants, a Trump Win is Really a Win for Big Tech (Tech Policy Press, Dec. 2024) [text]

Innovating with generative AI to better understand community needs (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on El Salvador.

Online, refugee women face the threat of digital violence (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2024) [text]

Preserving our digital content to honour the communities we support (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Building a responsible humanitarian approach: The ICRC’s policy on artificial intelligence (ICRC, Nov. 2024) [text]

Digital Innovation for Migrants and Displaced Communities: Emerging Humanitarian Approaches (IFRC, Nov. 2024) [text]

The One Household, One Phone project to enhance two-way communication and accountability to affected people: Promising practice in community engagement in Mali (UNHCR, 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Can EdTech be an Avenue for Safeguarding the Education of Children Experiencing Forced Migration?," Critical Forced Displacement, 13 Nov. 2024 [full-text]

"Digital Solidarity and Adaptation: Applications Developed for Refugees in Host Countries," Frontiers in Sociology, 30 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"eHealth literacy and digital health interventions: Key ingredients for supporting the mental health of displaced youth living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda," Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 162 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

"Intelligent Borders: Exploring the Suitability of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Refugee Status Determination Under International Law," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [Academia]

"Lost in digital translation? The humanitarian principles in the digital age," International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 106, no. 925 (2024) [full-text]

"A low-cost digital first aid tool to reduce psychological distress in refugees: A multi-country randomized controlled trial of self-help online in the first months after the invasion of Ukraine," Social Science & Medicine, vol. 362 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"The Politics of Refugee Resettlement in the Asia Pacific: Belonging and ICT-enabled Transnational Settlement," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 4 Nov. 2024 [open access]

"Procedural fairness in automated asylum procedures: Fundamental rights for fundamental 
challenges," Computer Law & Security Review, vol. 55 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

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