Opportunities: More Dec. 2025 & New Jan. 2026

Short course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Beirut, Beirut, 13-14 March 2026 [info]

- The application process is open and offers are made on a first-come-first-served basis

Launch event: Banished by Bargain—Third Country Deportation Watch, Online, 5 December 2025 [info]

Call for applications: International Online School in Forced Migration, 8-12 December 2025 [info]

- "Participants will be admitted on a rolling basis and admissions/bookings will close when maximum capacity has been reached."

Presentation: 'The Child That I Left Behind': Memory, Trauma & Reconstruction of Childhood in Nakba Narratives, 17 December 2025 [info]

CFP: Sixth Annual International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, Vienna, 28 September–1 October 2026 [info]

- Submit proposals by 20 December 2025.

Call for applications: Refugee Studies Centre Visiting Fellowships & Sally Hogg Prize, Academic Year 2026-27 [info]

- Note: The Sally Hogg prize provides funding to cover costs of the Fellowship. Submit applications for both by 2 January 2026. 

Call for applications: Framing the Narrative: Public Opinion on Migration and Media Influence, CMRS Winter Short Course, Cairo, 11-15 January 2026 [info] [more info]

- Apply by 4 January 2026.

CFP: 4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, Bangkok, 27-29 May 2026 [info]

- Submit completed papers or extended abstracts by 5 January 2026. 

CFP: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States." 

- Submit proposals by 7 January 2026.

CFP: Twelfth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition [info]

- Submit papers by 7 January 2026.

Call for applications: Expert Witness Training Course, London, 16 February 2026 [info]

- Apply by 10 January 2026. 

CFP: Genealogy [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Journeyalogy: Other-stories and counter-mappings of migration." Submit abstracts by 10 January 2026. 

Book launch: Age Discrimination and Migration Policy in Canada: Toward an Equitable Approach, Toronto/Online, 14 January 2026 [info]

Seminar: Human rights law under threat in Europe: Restricting rights in asylum and migration cases, London, 15 January 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Introduction to International Refugee Law, CMRS Winter Short Course, Cairo, 1-5 February 2026 [info] [more info]

- Apply by 25 January 2026.

Seminar: The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, London, 29 January 2026 [info]

Call for applications: Humanitarian Leadership Program [info]

- "A 10-week online learning experience designed for individuals interested in exploring leadership within the humanitarian and social impact sectors."

- Application period ends on 30 January 2026.

Call for input: Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking on the rights of migrant, refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless children who are victims of trafficking or at risk of trafficking in persons [info]

- Submission deadline is 30 January 2026.

CFP: Looking back, moving forward: Migration studies in times of societal transformation, Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) Conference, Ghent, 14-16 September 2026 [info]

- Submit proposals by 31 January 2026.

Related post:

- Opportunities: Even More Nov. 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy (MPC Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

"Federal refugee employment program faces 'extremely long, ballooning wait times'," CBC News, 17 Nov. 2025 [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

"From Dependence to Dignity: Policies that are opening doors to self-reliance," JDC Newsletter (Nov.  2025) [text]

The global race for talent: Other nations are outpacing the U.S. on high-skill immigration (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Small & steady: How migrant remittances from Europe keep families and countries afloat (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2025) [text]

Without Work Permits, Refugee Women in Nairobi Face Exploitation and Hardship (African Arguments, Nov. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Advancing the Jobs Agenda: Toward Self-Reliance in Refugee Situations, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11246 (World Bank, Oct. 2025) [text]

Beyond the Camp: Realizing Ethiopia’s Commitment to Refugee Self-Reliance (Refugees International, Nov. 2025) [text]

Financial Inclusion of People Benefiting from Humanitarian Cash Transfers (Cash Hub, ICRC & PROPARCO, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

From Policy to Practice: Lessons from the Implementation of the Refugee Work Rights Policy in Ethiopia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11254 (World Bank, Nov. 2025) [text]

Immigration and Changes in Labor Force Demographics, FRBSF Economic Letter, no. 28 (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Nov. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Mapping America’s immigration needs: A county-level model for matching migrants to local economies (Niskanen Center, Nov. 2025) [text]

Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO): Employment from 2015 to 2023 (UK Home Office, Nov. 2025) [access]

Reviewing the Journey of Self-reliance in the Uganda Refugee Response (U-Learn, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

Journal of Fair Trade, vol. 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Issue focuses on migration and refugees.

"'More Than Sufferers': Digital Boundary‑Making and Belonging Through Work Among Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Finland," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Yemenis in South Korea: Risky Freedom under the Refugee Act and the Employment Permit System," Arabian Humanities, no. 20 (2025) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (11 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (11 Nov. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Key Messages for COP30 from the Platform on Disaster Displacement (Nov. 2025) [text]

Setting Precedents for Protection: The Falepili Treaty and the Future of Climate Refugee Law (RLI Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

"Three COP30 takeaways for humanitarians," The New Humanitarian, 26 Nov. 2025 [text]

New open access book:

Climate Change, Human Rights, and Adaptive Mobility (Oxford Univ. Press, Oct. 2025) [open access]

- This book "provides a new conceptual and legal approach to human mobility in the context of climate change, one that seeks to compel and shape more proactive, anticipatory action. [It] anchors its arguments in the international climate change regime, turning to obligations on adaptation found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. These obligations, though understudied and underutilized, have the potential to be a powerful legal tool. The book therefore seeks to lend them concrete legal meaning. It draws on international climate change and human rights law to weave together doctrinal analysis that considers treaty interpretation, regime interaction, and principles of environmental law with case studies in Bangladesh, the Pacific Islands, and the Sahel. At its core, the book argues that adaptation obligations require states to take measures to address foreseeable risks and ensure human rights."

Reports:

Climate Change, Human Mobility and Security (SIPRI, Nov. 2025) [text]

Climate Displacement in Pakistan: A Review of Law, Policy, and Comparative Contexts (Refugee Solidarity Network, Nov. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

No Escape II – The Way Forward: Bringing Climate Solutions to the Frontlines of Conflict and Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

When a Community Has to Relocate Because the Environmental Risk is Simply Too Great (IDP Protection Expert Group, Nov. 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Climate change and refugee communities in Jordan: Critical reflections on neoliberal resilience-building," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [open access]

"Modeling migration intentions under environmental stress through push pull dynamics and policy effects," Scientific Reports, 15:41699 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on China.

"Reading Climate into the Refugee Convention: Lessons from the Unfinished Business of Gender-Based Asylum," Chapter in Climate Change, Migration, Gender, and the Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming) [preprint]

- "This chapter traces the incomplete evolution of international refugee law with respect to protection claims related to gender. It examines the similarities and differences between such claims and the emerging area of climate-related displacement law and draws out lessons from the ongoing struggle to see gender as central to the notion of international protection."

"Teitiota and Climate Non-Refoulment: The International Law Obligation to Create Domestic Protection Mechanisms," Univ. of San Francisco Law Review, vol. 59, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change-related disaster," Disasters, vol. 50, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

Resource:

Nansen Initiative +10 Blog [access]

- "In 2015, more than 100 governments around the world endorsed the Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda – an Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the context of Disasters and Climate Change. In this commemorative blog, leading experts reflect on subsequent developments in key priority areas identified in the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, including protection and solutions for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, and the integration of human mobility within disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies." See also related news release.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (9 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (9 Nov. 2025)

New Issues of Alt. Hum., Arab. Hum., CMS, Hum. Leader, IJMHSC, JEMS, J. Fair Trade, JHA, JIHLS, JMHS, Migr. Pol. Pract., Rev. Antrop., Soc. Incl., USF Law Rev.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication (like the Forced Migration Research Archive) - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information. 

Authors of open access articles in these journals are also encouraged to deposit their work in the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA). The submission form and guidelines are available on FMRA's website.

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Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 30 (Nov. 2025)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Aid in danger: after the shock of 2025, the consequences and the response." See also the companion webpage.

Arabian Humanities, no. 20 (2025) [open access]

- Issue theme is "Ce que la guerre fait aux migrations yéménites = What War Does to Yemeni Migration." Articles are in English or French.

Comparative Migration Studies [open access]

- Special collection on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies' 10th anniversary issue." Read the editorial for more information.

The Humanitarian Leader, vol. 7, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

*International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 21, no. 4 (Nov. 2025) [contents]

- Mix of articles.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 51, no. 20 (2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Citizenship in a Globalizing World." The editorial is freely available and four articles are open access.

Journal of Fair Trade, vol. 6, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Issue focuses on migration and refugees.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 6, nos. 2-3 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles.

*Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Special symposium issue on "Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Force." Note: The book reviews are not open access.

*Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2025) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XIV, no. 3 (Sept. 2025) [open access]

- Mix of articles. Note: This is the final issue!

Revista de Antropologia, vol. 68 (2025) [open access]

- Includes a special issue on "Producing regimes of asylum in Brazil and Italy," with six articles.

Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

- Thematic issue in progress on "Digitalization and Migration: Rethinking Socio-Economic Inclusions and Exclusions." 

Univ. of San Francisco Law Review, vol. 59, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Navigating Legal Perspectives on Migration." Focuses on the US.

Tagged Periodicals.

New Book Titles

Please visit my Forced Migration Library blog for a two-part listing of references to new books. Part 1 highlights new books due out in December 2025, while Part 2 lists additional November 2025 titles, as well as new legal and open access texts.