29 September 2025

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

[Re-published with a few additions; see part 1 of this post for more info]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Asylum Seekers in the Old Testament: Reinterpreting Moses, Elijah and David," Religions, vol. 16, no. 9 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

*"The Intersection of Urban Studies and Migration Studies (Reflecting on Ways Forward)," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 5 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Introduction," Chapter in Handbook on Migration and Human Rights (Edward Elgar, Sept. 2025) [free full-text]

*"Migrantisation: a key concept," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:73 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

"Theorising the 'humanisation' of refugees: a decolonial approach," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 48, no. 13 (2025) [open access]

"The 'UNFAIR' refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 Sept. 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

Humanitarian Protection at a Crossroads: What Future for the Strained Refugee System?, 19 Sept. 2025 [access]

IASFM20 Podcast Series [access]
- Follow the link for 15 podcasts of presentations at the 20th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 21-23 January 2025 on "Forced Displacement in an Urbanizing World."

Refugee Law Initiative, 15th Anniversary Conference, 2 June 2025 [access]
- Follow the a/m link to access the programme along with presentations and recordings. Two of the keynote addresses included 1)"Breaking through the Wall: Taking Forced Migration Research Outside the Academy" and 2) "Refugee and Forced Migration Studies: How It Started. How It’s Going."

Resource:

Evaluation Office year in review 2024-2025 (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [access]
- Detailed overview of the 20 evaluations undertaken during the reporting period of July 2024 to June 2025. "This page outlines the progress made in strengthening the evaluation function across UNHCR with respect to the implementation of the evaluation policy, new evaluation strategy and its pillars (coverage, capacity, culture) as well as key and recurrent findings emerging from evaluations."

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