Showing posts with label international organizations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international organizations. Show all posts

20 August 2026

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, volume 30 [info]
- Contributions sought for a special thematic forum that examines "the structure, functioning, and evolution of the diverse institutions and entities that comprise the wider United Nations (UN) system, including subsidiary organs, specialised agencies, related organisations, and other components of the broader UN-centred multilateral framework." Submit abstracts by 28 August 2026.

**See also this earlier listing of opportunities; several have a legal focus.

Short pieces:

The Externalisation of the Refugee System and the Risk of Refoulement for Asylum Seekers Regarding the ‘Safe Countries of Origin’ in the Asylum Procedures Regulation (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Must States Control Their Borders? The Ceuta Crisis and International Law (EJIL: Talk Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of the International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations (IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement, July 2026) [access]
- Available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. In addition, the a/m link directs readers to a recording of the launch event. Also provided is a Plan of Action for advancing this Declaration, in English, French and Spanish.

Position paper on non-refoulement and the prohibition of torture (Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, July 2026) [text]
- See also related press release.

Multimedia:

The Refugee Convention at 75: An Important Legacy, an Uncertain Future, Forced From Home Podcast Series, no. 9 (Refugees International, Aug. 2026) [access]

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27 April 2026

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The case for prioritising national expertise in humanitarian work (HPN, March 2026) [text]

Cutting Aid Means Cutting Rights: Who Decides Which Rights Matter for Internally Displaced Persons? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Haiti and South Sudan.

Internal Displacement in the Context of Hyper Prioritisation (RID Blog, March 2026) [text

International aid fell sharply in 2025, says OECD (OECD, April 2026) [text]
- See also related TNH article.

New initiative to strengthen global humanitarian surge capacity (NRC, April 2026) [text]

A Personal Reflection: National Ownership and Localisation in Displacement Contexts – Are We Ready? (RID Blog, April 2026) [text]

Some Questions for Congress About Trump’s Request for Funding for the Board of Peace (Just Security, April 2026) [text]

USAID Spending at the Country and Sector Level: What Happened in Fiscal Year 2025? (CGD Blog, April 2026) [text]

The Washington Post’s Optimistic Read on Aid Cuts Doesn’t Hold Up (CGD Blog, April 2026) [text]

With over 1,000 aid workers killed in 3 years, often at the hands of Member States, UN Relief Chief demands accountability (OCHA, April 2026) [text]

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08 April 2026

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

New open access book:

A Century of Asia Minor Refugees in Greece: Flight, Fight, and Fraternity (Oxford Univ. Press, Jan. 2026) [open access]
- "This book is a comparative—intergenerational and interregional—history of Asia Minor memories and identities of forced displacement that examines the multilayered relationship between contemporary attitudes and refugee past. Marking the centenary of the Asia Minor population transfer in the context of Greece’s contemporary migration crisis, the research questions that this book addresses are: how have memories of the 1922–24 forced displacement changed over time from one generation to the next? How do people with these memories and identities think about subsequent migration? Following a regional history approach and an oral history approach, this study draws upon literature from several disciplines and rests upon oral testimony. Specifically, it employs a methodology of collecting primary sources using oral testimonies (262 life history interviews) and archival evidence (five thousand oral testimonies) based on three regional case studies, namely the borderland island of Lesvos, Central Macedonia in northern Greece, and Attica."

Journal articles:

"The Construction of Medicolegal Alienation: Physicians’ Lived Experience of Law in Encounters with People Living as Undocumented Migrants in the Context of Medical Humanitarianism," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"From the bottom up? Frontline crisis management and informal policy change in international organisations," Review of International Studies, vol. 52, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"International norm dynamics in return and readmission: a research agenda," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 27 March 2026 [free full-text]
- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Motivators of action: Greek political refugees, the Enlightenment Committee and Soviet literature, 1949-1968," Neograeca Bohemica, OnlineFirst, 28 March 2026 [open access]

"The vulnerability of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy: Insights from a nationwide survey," PLoS One 21(3): e0341950 (March 2026) [open access]

"'We were attacked due to our language': Kinyabwisha in the family language policies of refugees from the DR Congo in Norway," Language & Communication, vol. 108 (May 2026) [open access]

"What Drives Overstay? The Case of Afghan Asylum Seekers in Germany," Journal of the European Economic Association, Advance Articles, 24 March 2026 [open access]

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11 February 2026

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Advancing South-South Strategic Dialogue on Refugee Leadership (LERRN, Feb. 2026) [text]

Global Human Rights Repository: A central hub for human rights data (HURIDOCS, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reimagining Responses to the Refugee Crisis (Carleton Univ., Jan. 2026) [text]

Trump’s 'Board of Peace' isn’t about Gaza: It’s about replacing the UN (EPC, Feb. 2026) [text]
- See also related Q&A on Just Security and ECFR post.

UNHCR’s Salih calls for global shift from managing to resolving displacement (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon (Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2025) [open access]
- This volume "discusses the UN human rights (both treaty bodies and special procedures) response to the key challenges of missing persons and enforced disappearances, including reparations, family rights, involvement of non-state actors, and the migration context. The book also includes several illustrative case studies from Latin America, Africa, Mexico, Western Balkans, and the Asia-Pacific region, which demonstrate the current challenges and problems relating to enforced disappearances in domestic or regional settings."

Reports & book chapters: 

Review of the consultations with non-governmental organizations held in 2025 (UNHCR & ICVA, Aug. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Prepared for the 76th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 6-10 October 2025. More info about the outcomes of regional NGO consultations held in 2025 can be found via UNHCR (scroll down).

"Thinking about academic networks through social network analysis," Chapter in The Role of Networks in Advancing Human Rights (Edward Elgar, Oct. 2025) [preprint]

Journal articles:

"Camp Time: Heterochronies in ‘Other Spaces'," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on "humanitarian-run camps in Jordan and privatized city shelter camps in the US."

"Categorical misalignments in immigration systems: spillovers, omissions, liminality, and the production of inequality," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 52, no. 3 (2026) [free full-text]
- Keynote address for 11th SCMR-JEMS International Conference, Sussex, UK, 2024. See also earlier related article in the American Sociological Review.

"Eliminationist politics: an analytical framework," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Feb. 2026 [free full-text]
- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Jennifer Hyndman's Managing Displacement, 25 years on," Political Geography, In Press, 9 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Navigating the Nexus of Displacement, Policy, and Governance," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Organised forced migration and the external drivers of eliminationist politics," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Restricting boat refugees at sea – rescuing the sovereign? The response to boat refugees across time and space, 1979–2001," International Journal of Maritime History, 27 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"What Drives Anti-Migrant Vigilantes," Migration Information Source, 28 Jan. 2026 [text]

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21 January 2026

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Internal displacement in 2025: Preserving data and evidence amid growing uncertainty (IDMC, Dec. 2025) [text]

Refugee camps: a persistent paradox (RLI Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

The US is Staying in Most International Organizations, but Slashing Support (CGD Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]
- See also related post on Verfassungsblog.

Waiting for academia: The impact of research on UNHCR policy, programmes and practice (RSC Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

New open access book:

Continuity of Care for Forcibly Displaced Persons Living with Chronic Illness (Bristol Univ. Press, 2026) [open access]
- "When people are forced to flee their homes – due to armed conflict, persecution, or human rights violations – continuity of care for those living with chronic illnesses becomes a critical concern. Yet, across the full migratory journey – from displacement and transit, through resettlement, and into possible onward movement such as return or circular migration – access to consistent, appropriate healthcare is often disrupted or fragmented. Responding to the WHO’s global research agenda on health, migration, and displacement, this edited volume brings together international research spanning diverse geographical settings, chronic conditions, population groups, and methodological approaches. It offers evidence and insights from across the entire continuum of mobility, identifying different types of work or strategies that are central to the evolving needs of forcibly displaced people living with chronic diseases."

Reports:

Emerging Perspectives: Essay Competition 2025 - Collection of Essays (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2025) [text]
- "This year’s competition invited young researchers, writers, and thinkers from the Global South to explore the critical theme of 'migration in the context of geopolitical turmoil'."

Identity Management Manual (International Organization for Migration, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Challenges to healthcare access for migrants in transit: A scoping review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Conducting qualitative research with people in vulnerable situations," International Journal of Qualitative Methods (Dec. 2024-Dec. 2025) [open access]
- Collection of articles with a "focus on examples (theoretical, empirical or methodological) of research with and for people in vulnerable situations," including refugees and migrants.

"The Effects of Assisted Return Programmes on Sustainable Reintegration: A Review," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Everyday acts of resistance: How social workers counter harmful and restrictive asylum policies," British Journal of Social Work, Advance Articles, 11 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"A ‘temporal turn’? Proposing time as method," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 9 Jan. 2026 [open access]

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06 January 2026

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 2 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"'My only address is this ship': Refugee seamen and the work of UNHCR, 1950s–1960s," Journal of Transport History, OnlineFirst, 18 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"A Privilege That Can Be Withdrawn: Regulation of Exit in Russia and Other Post-Soviet Republics," International Migration, vol. 64, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"'Relief empire': Racial aphasia, colonial unknowing and international organizations in the global governance of refugees," Submitted to Migration Politics, 4 Dec. 2025 [preprint]

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]
- Features thematic dossier on “Migration Research: Logics, Practices, and Methodologies between Tradition and Transformation.” See also general articles.

"Resistance and Hope in Balance: Toward a Complementary Conceptual Framework," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 24 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Top 10 Migration Issues of 2025," Migration Information Source, 17 Dec. 2025) [text]

"UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 18 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"What has been the impact of Western governments’ laws and policies on the mental health of asylum seekers and refugees? A systematic-narrative hybrid literature review," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

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13 May 2025

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunity:

CFP: Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives [info]
- Contributions sought for themed issue on "International aid under threat: What consequences? What responses? What reconfigurations?"; submit article proposals by 2 June 2025.
- *Note: I included the wrong link when I first published this post! It has now been corrected!

Short pieces:

Can anything positive come out of this crisis? (Alternatives Humanitaires, April 2025) [text]

Funding crunch increases risks of violence, danger and death for refugees (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

The Future Delivery Problem Facing US Foreign Assistance (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]

The humanitarian funding crisis: a looming health catastrophe for refugees and their host communities (UNHCR Blog, May 2025) [text]

The Impact of Shuttering the Millennium Challenge Corporation (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]
- See also related post.

Life-saving, efficient and secure: humanitarian aid that gives refugees choices (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

More than stability: Australia’s aid program needs hard decisions now (The Interpreter Blog, May 2025) [text]

Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]

Redefining America’s Interests? Trump’s FY2026 Budget Proposes Sweeping Cuts to US Foreign Aid (CGD Blog, May 2025) [text]

Secretary of State Rubio’s Reorganization Plan Could Offer a Chance to Rescue U.S. Foreign Assistance — If He’s Smart About It (Just Security, April 2025) [text]

"UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show," Reuters, 25 April 2025 [text]
- An additional article discusses possible UN plans for merging entities and other structural changes. See also related opinion piece in The New Humanitarian on UN reform.

"What 100 Days of Foreign-Aid Cuts Looks Like to Those Still in the Field," Time Magazine, 30 April 2025 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Decolonising international development evaluation: rethinking OECD DAC evaluation criteria from a decolonial perspective," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 17 April 2025 [open access]

"Holding Out for Better Weather: Foreign Aid and the Principle of Humanity in Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters," American Univ. International Law Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]

"Into the discomfort zone of decolonising aid: how humanitarian actors can effect change," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:9 (May 2025) [open access]

A new era for aid: Prioritising people and protecting progress (International Rescue Committee, May 2025) [text]

Preliminary Official Development Assistance Levels in 2024: Detailed Summary Note (OECD, April 2025) [text]
- The press release includes a link to interactive charts with more data. See also related McKinsey analysis.

Sustainable Programming (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

US Funding Freeze Global Survey (OCHA, 2025) [access]
- Round 1 reports were published in Feb. and Round 2 reports in April. 

*"USAID and the Trump Foreign Aid Doctrine," SAIS Review of International Affairs, 29 April 2025 [full-text]

What Is Happening to U.S. Humanitarian Assistance? Will the United States Continue to Save Lives? (CSIS, April 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

No one wants to depend on aid, including refugees (Power Shift Podcast, May 2025) [access]

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16 April 2025

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Bringing Refugee Issues to the UN in New York (LERRN, April 2025) [text]

Civilians in Conflict (Data) (ecoi.net Blog, March 2025) [text]

Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action Seminar Highlights the Importance of Data-driven Responses, Policy Coordination, and Inclusive Programming (JICA Ogata Research Institute, April 2025) [text]

Politicians’ attacks on immigrants lack solid evidence: New data set the record straight (The Conversation, March 2025) [text]

UNHCR: Funding cuts threaten the health of nearly 13 million displaced people (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

New open access books:

The International Politics of Migration: Interstate Relations and the Peoples Who Cross Borders (Springer, Feb. 2025) [open access]
- "This open access book discusses the impact of cross-border migration on the relationships between sovereign states. While there is already a vast amount of literature on immigration, it often focuses on issues such as human rights, citizenship, and social integration, reflecting the contemporary interests of Western countries. However, as long as the most fundamental norm of international politics remains the mutual recognition of exclusive jurisdictional rights over territory by sovereign states, people crossing borders pose various challenges to this system of sovereign states. It is this awareness of the issue that makes this book unique."

New Directions in South-South Migration (Springer, April 2025) [open access]
- "This open access book...explores crucial migration themes such as migrant integration in urban areas, migration and rural transformation, urban migration policy environment, migration corridors, and migrant precarity and survival, especially food security. It features contributions from eminent scholars in the Global South, namely, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean and the Middle East. Chapters in the book present theoretical perspectives and practical case studies building on the results of detailed surveys, in-depth interviews, field observations and other materials. The book highlights new findings and research outputs from recent and ongoing collaborative projects between multiple researchers from the Global South and North."

Reports & journal articles:

"International Organisations Are People, Too: IOM’s Role as Coordinator of the UN Migration Network and the Socialisation of International Organisations," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 16 Feb. 2025 [open access]

"Migration governance between sovereignty, security and rights: An analysis of the literature," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 3 (June 2025) [open access]

Migration Governance in Unsettled Times: How Policymakers Can Plan for Population Change (Migration Policy Institute, April 2025) [text]

"Political geographies of everyday life and agency in camps," Political Geography, vol. 119 (May 2025) [open access]

"The Power of Passports: How Paper Booklets Became Tools of Global Stratification," Migration Information Source, 1 April 2025 [text]

"Rethinking the International Organization for Migration," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 25 March 2025 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue on IOM.

Service Integration and Case Management for People on the Move: A Review of Selected International Practices, Working Paper, no. 197750 (World Bank, March 2025) [text]

Note: Watch for the launch of the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), which will be published on 13 May 2025.

Related post:

28 September 2024

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Beyond authority: governing migration and asylum through practice on the ground," European Journal of International Relations, OnlineFirst, 25 Sept. 2024 [open access]
- Draws on "fieldwork at the European external border in Greece."

"Exposure to anti-refugee hate crimes and support for refugees in Germany," Political Science Research and Methods, FirstView, 16 Sept. 2024 [text]

"'(…) here I have freedom'—A study of refugees' and asylum seekers' legal consciousness in Greece: Self-identity, human rights, and expectations from European Union law," Law & Policy, Early View, 24 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Implicit hierarchies in the EU representation of refugees: a comparative text-analysis of the European Parliament's framing of Syrian and Ukrainian diasporas," Italian Political Science Review = Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, FirstView, 23 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Reimagining, Repositioning, Rebordering: Intersections of the Biopolitical and Geopolitical in the UK's Post-Brexit Migration Regime (and Why It Matters for Migration Research)," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 17 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"The Rwanda Case: Testing the Limits of Judicial Competence," Judicial Review, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2024 [open access]
- See also related "Introductory Note to R (AAA (Syria) and Others) v. Secretary of State for the Home Dep't (UKSC)."

"Strategies to Exclude: Temporariness and Return/Readmission Policies of the EU," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 9 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Temporary Protection for Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Republic and Poland," Nationalities Papers, FirstView, 25 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"The Turkish Government’s Ambivalent Policy Response to the New Influx of Afghan Migrants through the Public Policy Tools," Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 9 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

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13 September 2024

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

Addressing protection in humanitarian evaluations: what ALNAP ’s new guidance needs to achieve (ALNAP Commentary, Aug. 2024) [text]

Humanitarian reform beyond the mega-crisis (HPN, Aug. 2024) [text]

"International aid agencies pay the price for boom and bust," The New Humanitarian, 29 Aug. 2024 [text]

The Need for Humanitarian Research: Addressing Emerging Challenges in a Complex World (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Sept 2024) [text]

"Save the Children staff dissatisfied with leadership amid restructuring: survey," The New Humanitarian, 29 Aug. 2024 [text]

A seven-step guide to escaping mental health distress as a humanitarian practitioner (HPN, Aug. 2024) [text]

"'The world’s simply not noticing': 2024 likely to be deadliest year for aid workers," The Guardian, 9 Sept. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Cracks in Coordination: Trust and Engagement in Humanitarian Country Teams (ICVA, Sept. 2024) [text]

CrisisInSight Humanitarian Access Overview (ACAPS, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Humanitarian Leadership: A Literature Review (International Rescue Committee, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Promising Evidence of Coordination Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus, BASIC Research Research Briefing, no. 3 (Institute of Development Studies, Aug. 2024) [text]

Step-by-Step Guide for Hosting Assistance to People Affected by Crisis (IFRC, July 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Ethical framework and inclusivity: research mechanics of difficult-to-reach migrants in civil military context," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:11 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

"'For them it’s not the work, it’s the life': humanitarian leadership development in the Global South," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:10 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Integrating social sciences in community engagement in humanitarian action: benefits and challenges seen from the field," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:12 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

 Muslim Humanitarianism Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- New journal "dedicated to fostering scholarly dialogue and advancing research in the field of humanitarian affairs, philanthropy, civil society, public affairs and Muslim humanitarianism."

"'Strange' affinities: Iṣlāḥ and British Muslim volunteers in the Syrian war," American Ethnologist, Early View, 7 Sept. 2024 [open access]

Resource:

Humanitarian Takeaways (CHA & ICVA) [access]
- A "collection of selected and summarised materials on relevant topics for the humanitarian sector." Initial issues available on the Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) website.

Related post:

30 August 2024

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Addressing the Legal Void: The Urgent Need for India to Revise Its Laws for Climate Migrants (RLI Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

As Extreme Weather Spurs Global Displacement, Migration is Part of the Solution (IOM, March 2024) [text]

Climate Change and ‘Voluntary Immobility’ (NYU Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights Blog, Aug. 2024) [text]

New open access books:

Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific: Interdisciplinary Rights-Based Approaches
(Springer, Aug. 2024) [open access]
- "Bringing together voices from the Asia-Pacific Academic Network on Disaster Displacement, [this] book examines issues that are immediately relevant in countries where they are living and working. In addition to academic perspective, the chapters also bring perspectives from positions held in national human rights institutions and government. They bring insight into lived experience and policy processes, seeking to avert, minimize, and address displacement, including through general disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation initiatives, as well as specific initiatives around emergency preparedness for response and planned relocation and resettlement. The chapters examine diverse forms of human mobility, including displacement, planned relocation, and forced immobility. The combination of studies focusing on both sudden onset and slower onset movement is also distinctive."

Nordic Approaches to Climate-Related Human Mobility (Routledge, June 2024) [open access]
- "[T]his collection is the first to address climate‑related human mobility in the Nordic region. It is a timely and much needed collection, which brings together leading and emerging voices from both academia and practice in a single volume, spanning policy and geographical breadth. Its chapters cover both regional approaches to the global phenomenon of climate mobility, such as the traditional role of the Nordic states as norm entrepreneurs and their representation in multilateral fora, and on‑the‑ground climate impacts unique to this region and their localised responses. Case studies include judicial decision‑making as it relates to climate‑related migration, insights into the local communication of climate risk, changes to Nordic development and climate policy, as well as climate‑related mobilities of Nordic Indigenous Peoples."

Reports:

Addressing the Protection Gap: Human Mobility and the Climate Crisis in International Frameworks (ACT Alliance & Bread for the World, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Conflict, Displacement, and Social Assistance in Three Districts of Ethiopia, BASIC Research Working Paper, no. 27 (Institute of Development Studies, May 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Causal discovery reveals complex patterns of drought-induced displacement," iScience, vol. 27, no. 9 (Sept. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Somalia.

"Climate change-induced hazard risks and migration in Bangladesh: A case study," Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 7 (2024) [open access]

"Deciphering climate-induced displacement in Somalia: A remote sensing perspective," PLoS ONE 19(8): e0304202 (Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Enhancing Protection of 'Climate Refugees' in Destination Hubs: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Mechanisms and Governance Challenges in the United States and India," Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 37, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]

"Environmental migration and non-migration: Learning through an intergenerational lens," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Just Relocation: Climate Change and the Opportunities and Limitations of the Uniform Relocation Act," Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 37, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"A missing link? The role of international organizations in climate-related planned relocation," Climate Policy, Latest Articles, 16 Aug. 2024 [open access]

"Protecting Climate Migrants Through Regional Policies: Time to Move Beyond International Treaty Law," Cambridge Law Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

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08 December 2022

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

"Five international NGOs launch fresh bid to tackle power imbalances in aid," The New Humanitarian, 27 Oct. 2022 [text]

Generous aid to Ukraine is diverting resources away from other refugee crises around the world (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Key takeaways from the UN’s record-breaking tally for 2023 humanitarian needs," The New Humanitarian, 1 Dec. 2022 [text]

Looking Ahead to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum: Development Cooperation Initiatives (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

Rethinking the constraints to localization of foreign aid (Future Development Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Social protection and humanitarian systems must work together to boost resilience and meet the needs of the forcibly displaced (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Action Learning for Frontline Humanitarians: a resource pack (ALNAP, Nov. 2022) [text]
- See also French and Spanish versions.

"Cash and voucher assistance along humanitarian supply chains: a literature review and directions for future research," Disasters, Early View, 25 Oct. 2021 [open access]

"Ethical considerations around the use of humanitarian imagery," Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 21 (2022) [full-text]

Global Appeal 2023 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [access]
- See also related press release.

Global Humanitarian Overview 2023 (OCHA, Dec. 2022) [access]
- See also related launch materials and recordings.

Guidance for a Landscape Approach in Displacement Settings (GLADS) (World Agroforestry Centre, Oct. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, 7-8 Dec. 2022 [access]
- The focus is on "Development Cooperation." See also the NGO statement (oral and written) and a joint agency recommendation note.

Leadership of protection in the humanitarian sector (ODI, Nov. 2022) [text]

More than the sum of the parts? Collective leadership vs individual agency in humanitarian action (HERE-Geneva, Nov. 2022) [text]

"Paranirvar Mānis (Dependent People)? Rethinking Humanitarian Dependency Syndrome: A Bourdieusian Perspective," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 5 Dec. 2022 [open access]

Sharing Tacit Knowledge for Humanitarians: a resource pack (ALNAP, Nov. 2022) [text]
- See also French and Spanish versions.

Towards facilitating local leadership in humanitarian project management (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Nov. 2022) [text via ALNAP]

Multimedia:

Absorptive capacity of refugee host communities, 7 Nov. 2022 [access]

The secret life of energy in refugee camps: uncovering spaces of power and principles of governance within humanitarian energy, 8 Nov. 2022 [access]

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03 June 2022

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Contents of vol. 41, no. 2, June 2022 include:
  • Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and “Solutions” to Displacement, 1921–1960 [open access]
  • Before the Convention: The Spanish Civil War and Challenges for Research on Refugee History [open access]
  • Displaced Persons’ Experiences of Trauma and Responses to Contemporary Crisis in Europe: An Oral History of Engagement with Refugees [open access]
  • Local Integration: A Durable Solution in need of Restoration? [free full-text]
  • Syrian Refugees’ Homemaking in Gaziantep: Uncertainty, Legality and Temporality [abstract]
  • ‘A Test that is about Your Life’: The Involvement of Refugee Children in Asylum Application Proceedings in the Netherlands [open access]
  • In Search of the Invisible People: Revisiting the Concept of “Internally Displaced Persons” in Light of an Ethiopian Case Study [abstract] [postprint]
Tagged Periodicals.

05 March 2022

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Reports:

Access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees in Uganda (Oxfam, Feb. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Eritrean Refugees in Tigray and the Ethiopian Civil War (International Peace Research Association, 2022) [text]

Conflict-induced migration and local development: The socio-economic dynamics of a refugee-hosting area in Uganda, ASC-TUFS Working Papers, vol. 1 (Tokyo Univ., 2021) [text]
- Focuses on South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.

Nowhere to Run: Eritrean Refugees in Tigray (Refugees International, March 2022) [text]

Re-displacing the Displaced: Rethinking the Dual Strategy of Large-scale Resettlement and Peaceful Coexistence in Metekel, Ethiopia, RID Working Paper, no. 17 (Researching Internal Displacement, Feb. 2022) [text]

The SOS Sahel UK Story: The journey from one international to four national NGOs, Network Paper, no. 86 (Humanitarian Practice Network, Nov. 2021) [access]
- Follow link for English and French versions. See also audiovisual media for a related event.

UNHCR Position on Returns to Mali, Update III (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

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06 July 2018

Thematic Focus: General

News:

On 29 June 2018, IOM Member States elected Antonio Vitorino over the U.S. candidate as their new Director General. For more information, see the following:
  • Les Dilemmes de l’Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (The Conversation, July 2018) [text]
  • Funding Fears as US Loses IOM Leadership (Devex, July 2018) [text]
  • "How the US Lost Control of the International Organization for Migration," QZ, 29 June 2018 [text]
  • What is the International Organization for Migration (IOM)? (InfoMigrants, July 2018) [text]
Event & opp: 

Job announcement: Senior Associate for Policy Outreach, Center for Global Development [info]
-  Successful candidate will join the Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy (MDHP) and Policy Outreach teams. No application deadline indicated.

Policy forum: Reaching Internally Displaced Persons to Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, New York, 17 July 2018 [info]

Publications:

2018 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 27-29 June 2018 [access]
- Theme was "Putting People First." Follow link for videos, social media summaries, and background materials. A conference report is forthcoming.

Confronting the Global Forced Migration Crisis: A Report of the CSIS Task Force on the Global Forced Migration Crisis (Center for Strategic & International Studies, May 2018) [text]

"Costs, Needs, and Integration Efforts Shape Helping Behavior Toward Refugees," PNAS, Latest Articles, 25 June 2018 [open access]

"Global Public–private Partnerships and the New Constitutionalism of the Refugee Regime," Global Constitutionalism, vol. 7, no. 2 (July 2018) [free full-text]

International Organisations in the Field: Governing Mixed Migration in and through Practice, EUI Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2018/33 (European Univ. Institute, 2018) [text

IO Bureaucracies between Resource Mobilization and Problem-Solving: The Case of the UNHCR, Paper presented at 2018 International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, 4-7 April 2018 [info]
- The full-text of this paper is not yet available to the general public; for more info., read the project description and a related paper.

Mind the Gap: Bringing Migration into Development Partnerships and Vice Versa (Migration Policy Institute, July 2018) [text]

New Project: The Roles of Faith and Local Faith Communities in Supporting Refugees (Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities & UNHCR, June 2018) [info]

New Walled Order: How Barriers to Basic Services Turn Migration into a Humanitarian Crisis (IFRC, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Thematic Report on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration (Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, July 2018) [access]
- Follow link for report, additional recommendations, and submissions received from stakeholders.

What the Nazis Driving People from Homes Taught Philosopher Hannah Arendt about the Rights of Refugees (The Conversation, July 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (28 June 2018)

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13 March 2017

Thematic Focus: General

Event:

UN panel: Women Caught in the Global Refugee Crisis, New York, 21 March 2017 [info]

Publications:

Evidence-informed Decision-making in a Complex World, London, 6 March 2017 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Gaps in Global Advocacy for the Protection of Migrants’ Rights (openDemocracy, March 2017) [text]

The Graduation Approach: The Key to Sustainable Livelihoods for Refugees in Countries of First Asylum? (Forced Migration Forum, March 2017) [text]

How Poor Countries Foot the Refugee Bill (Project Syndicate, Feb. 2017) [text]

Pope Francis, Migration, and the Journey to Human Development and Peace (Huffington Post, March 2017) [text]

Quand les Camps Deviennent des Villes (MSF Crash, March 2017) [text]

"Removing Unauthorised Immigrants is Difficult and Expensive," The Economist, 2 March 2017 [text]

Seeking Refuge: Faith-Based Approaches to Forced Migration, Princeton, NJ, 3-4 March 2017 [info]
- Follow link for summary of conference.

Watch List 2017 (International Crisis Group, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Why the Refugee Crisis is not a Refugee Crisis," Peace in Progress, no. 29 (Nov. 2016) [full-text via Cosmos]


Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (3 March 2017)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

01 February 2017

New Book Titles

Please visit my Pinterest page to learn about new books due out in February 2017. I have also included additional titles in the November 2016, December 2016, January 2017, and New Legal Texts book boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, these new titles are listed below for your reference (organized by title).

February 2017:

Benjamin N. Lawrance & Jacqueline Stevens, eds., Citizenship in Question: Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness, Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2017

Bertelsmann Stiftung, ed., Escaping the Escape: Towards Solutions for the Migrant Crisis, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Feb. 2017

Dan Bulley, Migration, Ethics and Power: Spaces of Hospitality in International Politics, SAGE Publications, Feb. 2017

January 2017:

Jane Freedman, Zeynep Kivilcim &Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu, eds., A Gendered Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis, Routledge, Jan. 2017

Jean-Hervé Bradol & Marc Le Pape, Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings: Médecins Sans Frontières, the Rwandan Experience, 1982–97, Manchester University Press, Jan. 2017

Matthias Leese & Stef Wittendorp, eds., Security/Mobility: Politics of Movement, Manchester University Press, Jan. 2017

December 2016:

Nauja Kleist & Dorte Thorsen, eds., Hope and Uncertainty in Contemporary African Migration, Routledge, Dec. 2016

November 2016:

Ingrid Palmary, Gender, Sexuality and Migration in South Africa: Governing Morality, Springer, Nov. 2016

Jacob Katz Cogan, Ian Hurd & Ian Johnstone, eds., The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations, Oxford University Press, Nov. 2016

New Legal Texts:

Benoit Mayer, The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and Its Prospects, Edward Elgar, Nov. 2016

Fulvia Staiano, The Human Rights of Migrant Women in International and European Law, Eleven International Publishing, Dec. 2016

Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Human Security and Human Rights under International Law: The Protections Offered to Persons Confronting Structural Vulnerability, Hart Publishing, Dec. 2016

Susan C. Breau and Katja L.H. Samuel, eds., Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law, Edward Elgar, Sept. 2016

Gilad Ben-Nun, Seeking Asylum in Israel: Refugees and Migration Law, I.B. Tauris, Dec. 2016

Aoife Nolan, Rosa Freedman & Thérèse Murphy, eds., The United Nations Special Procedures System, Brill, Jan. 2017

Tagged books.


03 November 2016

Events & Opportunities: Even More Nov./New Dec. 2016

Nov. 2016:

Advanced ELENA Course: The Rights of Refugees, Berlin, 2-3 December 2016 [info]
- Register by 7 November 2016.

Seminar: Between Knowledge and Power: Understanding How International Organisations See Migration, Oxford, 9 November 2016 [info]

Seminar: Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention, London, 10 November 2016 [info]
- To mark the launch of new report.

Conference: European Attitudes to Immigration, London, 16 November 2016 [info]
- Ticket sales end 15 November 2016.

Course: Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees,  Online, 16 November 2016 [info]
- Course runs for three weeks;

Seminar: Power, Politics and the Economics of Humanitarian Action, London, 16 November 2016 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

COP22 Side Event: Confronting Climate-induced Migration in Climate and Disaster Policy, Marrakech, 17 November 2016 [info]

Presentation: "A Minor Miracle: The New Global Compact on Refugees," Inaugural address for the Grand Challenge on Refugees and Migrants at UNSW Australia, Sydney, 18 November 2016 [info]

Lecture: What is UNHCR’s Protection Strategy to Address the Current Asylum Crisis in Europe and Beyond?, Sheffield, UK, 1 December 2016 [info]
- Ticket sales end 19 November 2016.

Webinar: Online/Offline: How Technology Can Empower Local Refugee Communities, 23 November 2016 [info]

Job opportunity: Research Fellow, Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration Project, Migration Policy Centre [info]
- Apply by 30 November 2016.

CFP: Special issue on "The Pre-history and Afterlife of Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" [info]
- Note: Article 14, para.1 reads, "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." A special issue proposal will be made to a target journal after abstracts have been reviewed. Please submit abstracts by 30 November 2016.

Dec. 2016:

Job opportunity: Clinical Associate Professor, Human Trafficking and Immigrant Rights Clinic, Boston University Law [info]
- Apply by 1 December 2016.

ALNAP Annual Meeting: Changing Humanitarian Action, Stockholm, 14-15 February 2017 [info]
- Register by 8 December 2016.

Winter short courses: Center for Migration & Refugee Studies, Cairo [info]
1) Diaspora and Transnationalism, 15-19 January 2017; 2) Understanding & Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Migrants and Refugees, 29 January-2 February 2017; 3) Displaced by Armed Conflict: Protection under International Law, 5-9 February 2017; 4) Designing Research with Displaced Populations in MENA Region, 12-16 February 2017
- Deadline for applications is 8 December 2016.

Roundtable: Writing New Histories of Humanitarianism, 8 December 2016 [info]

Meeting: High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 8-9 December 2016 [info]
- Theme is "Children on the Move."

The Knowledge Factor: Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe, 1912-2001, Marburg, Germany, 8-9 December 2016 [info]

Blended Learning Course: Researching Country of Origin Information (COI) [info]
- Includes online training from 6 Feb.-3 March 2017 and face-to-fact meeting in Vienna on 9 March 2017. Apply by 9 December 2016.

Conference: Dynamic Borderlands: Livelihoods, Communities and Flows, 5th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network, Kathmandu, 12-14 December 2016 [info]

Student essay contest: CARFMS 2016 [info]
- Submission deadline is 31 December 2016.

CFP: Precarious Subjects: Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Narrative [info]
- Submission deadline is 31 December 2016.

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- Events & Opportunities: More Oct. & Nov. 2016

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24 May 2016

News: World Humanitarian Summit

The World Humanitarian Summit has now ended. There will no doubt be plenty of commentary on what was or was not accomplished, but in the mean time, here is the Chair's Summary of what took place during the last two days. You can also read statements, watch video, and view photos on the WHS site. And you can review the WHS Facebook page, and the #ShareHumanity and #ReShapeAid hashtags for additional coverage.

Other related items include:

Can Humanitarian Summit Create a Global Compact? (Refugees Deeply, May 2016) [text]

*Driving Global Efforts to Reduce Internal Displacement: Thoughts from Istanbul (IDMC Blog, May 2016) [text]

Five Charts Show the Humanitarian System is in Crisis (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2016) [text]

Humanitarian Response Series (World Economic Forum, May 2016) [access]
- Series of articles linked to the WHS.

Is the Grand Bargain a Big Deal? (IRIN, May 2016) [text]

MSF: We Must Address Humanitarian Failings (Refugees Deeply, May 2016) [text]
- See also the related "Room for Debate: WHS & MSF" topic on the IIHA blog.

*Old Habits Die Hard at World Humanitarian Summit (GPPI, May 2016) [text]

On the Right Track? Reasserting the Priorities of Humanitarian Action (HERE-Geneva, May 2016) [text]

One Humanity: Shared Responsibility - A European Perspective (NOHA, 2016) [access]

Topical Digest: Humanitarian Summit (EPRS, May 2016) [text]

*Will Humanitarian Summit Put People or Politics First? (IPI Global Observatory, May 2016) [text]

World Humanitarian Summit: New Thinking, Old Feuds (Refugees Deeply, May 2016) [text]

The World Humanitarian Summit: A Pivot Point in Philanthropy’s Contribution to Addressing Humanitarian Crises (UNDP, May 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

World Humanitarian Summit: What to Watch Out For (ODI, May 2016) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (18 May 2016)

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