26 February 2026

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Opportunity:

Seminar: Is AI a future panacea or problem for refugee law?, London, 18 March 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

ACNUR promueve la seguridad digital de las personas refugiadas en Panamá (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Afterword: Systemic Unfairness for Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Algorithmic Era (Verfassungsblog, Dec. 2025) [text]
- View all the posts that are part of this symposium here

AI in Aid: Experimentality, Maldata, and Data Extrapolation (GP Opinion, Feb. 2026) [text]

How digital learning is strengthening education in Dadaab refugee camps (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Anticipating Migration for Policymaking: Forecasting, Foresight, and Other Forward-Looking Methods to Inform Migration Policy," Data & Policy (2024-2025) [open access]
- "This special collection of papers in Data & Policy...seeks to understand the ways in which new data sources, technologies, and anticipatory techniques can help signal emerging migration trends."

"Artificial intelligence in humanitarian aid: A review and future research agenda," Technovation, vol. 151 March 2026 [open access]

"Empowering Immigrant Library Users Through Personal Data Literacy Programming in Public Libraries," Library Trends, vol. 74, no. 3 (Feb. 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"From search to imaginary: the algorithmic construction of the refugee figure and the reproduction of bias in the era of generative AI - The Spanish case study of Google AI Overviews and Gemini," Frontiers in Communication, 9 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Gendered Networking and Social Capital Building Among Ukrainian Refugees: Insights From the ‘United for Ukraine’ Facebook Platform in Romania," Area, vol. 58, no. 1 (March 2026) [open access]

"Grass is always dark(er) on the other side: Exploring the dark side of artificial intelligence humanitarian supply chain operations," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 224 (March 2026) [open access]

"Immigrants vs. Artificial Intelligence: The Human Cost of AI in Asylum Decisions," Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, vol. 44, no. 1 (2026) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

Social Inclusion, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]
- Now completed thematic issue on "Digitalization and Migration: Rethinking Socio-Economic Inclusions and Exclusions."

"Unfinished Critique and the Duality of Humanitarian Digital Technologies," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 39, no. 4 (Winter 2025) [open access]

Resource:

Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Curriculum, v. 1 (Hertie School, Dec. 2025) [text]
- This resource was prepared to assist researchers focused on digital practices in migration-asylum governance. It highlights readings, introduces concepts, presents legal frameworks, and discusses the role that newtech plays in migration and asylum policy- and decision-making.

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