Thematic Focus: General

Reports: 

Annual Global Overview of Migration Routes 2025 (International Organization for Migration, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related news release. 

Data-Driven Route-Based Approaches to Mixed Movements of Migrants and Refugees: Research and Response (UNHCR, IOM & MMC, Dec. 2025; posted April 2026) [text]

General Assembly Responses to Conflict and Crisis Situations - A Follow-on Research Initiative to Assembly for Peace: A Digital Handbook on the UN General Assembly’s Past Practice on Peace and Security (United Nations University, 2026) [access]

Health System Resilience, Enhancement and Refugee Response Project (HSRERRP) (UNHCR & Queen Margaret University) [access]

- The research focuses on Kenya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Mauritania, Pakistan, Peru and Zambia. Follow link for publications produced by this project.

Missing Migrants and Their Families Left Behind: IOM Missing Migrants Project 2025 Annual Global Report (International Organization for Migration, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related news release.

The World Bank’s Window for Host Communities and Refugees: Successes, Challenges, and the Way Forward (Center for Global Development, April 2026) [text]

- See also related blog post.

World report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants: Monitoring progress on the WHO global action plan (World Health Organization, March 2026) [access]

Journal articles:

"Managerializing expulsion: Examining the discursive critique of assisted voluntary return and reintegration policy," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

*"'Mixed migration' or forced migration? Evidence from four transit countries," Comparative Migration Studies, 11:28 (April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Colombia, Jordan, Mexico and Turkey.

Perspectives on Politics, vol. 24, spec. issue no. 1 (March 2026) [free full-text]

- Highlights political science research on refugees and migration via 1) a series of critical dialogues and book reviews, which are presented and discussed in this editorial introduction (the reviews themselves are all freely available elsewhere in the issue); and 2) a Review Symposium on Nele Kortendiek’s Global Governance on the Ground: Organizing International Migration and Asylum at the Border, that comprises a review and four commentaries (here is the editors' introduction).

Multimedia:

Strengthening Data for Better Outcomes in Forced Displacement (UNU, April 2026) [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (30 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Integration of Migrants, Refugees, and Returnees: A Driver for Improving Well-being and the Economy (World Bank Opinion, Dec. 2024) [text]

Letting Asylum Seekers Work is Not a “Pull Factor” (CGD Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Making Room for Refugees, Making Gains for Businesses (Development for Peace Blog, Jan. 2025) [text]

- See also related report below.

What’s an H-1B visa? A brief history of the controversial program for skilled foreign workers (The Conversation, Jan. 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports:

Economic penalties for refugees running businesses in Nairobi (IIED, Sept. 2024) [text]

Estudio de integración de migrantes y refugiados: venezolanos participantes del Proyecto de Inclusión Económica en Quito y Guayaquil (Ecuador) y Lima/Callao (Perú) (R4V, Jan. 2025) [text]

Financing solutions to internal displacement: Bridging humanitarian aid and development finance (UN, IOM, UNDP & UN Habitat, Dec. 2024) [text]

"I Kept Waiting and Waiting": The Realities of Asylum Seekers' Restricted Right to Work in the UK (Focus on Labour Exploitation, Dec, 2024) [text via EIN]

Refugee Employment: Perspectives for Businesses, Policymakers, and Intermediaries (World Bank, June 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Commodified by displacement: the effects of forced displacement on Syrian refugee women in Lebanon’s agricultural sector," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 1 (Jan. 2025) [open access]

"Entrepreneurial identity and business success: Former refugee women’s navigation of (in)visibility paradoxes," Journal of Management & Organization, FirstView, 18 Oct. 2024 [open access]

"From Funding to Financing: Complementary Pathways, Refugee Finance and the Emergence of the Refugee Entrepreneur," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 3 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"Impactos de la migración desde la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en el mercado laboral de Colombia," Notas de Población, no. 119 (July-Dec. 2024) [full-text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (30 Dec. 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (30 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

70 Years of Trying to Improve Global Migration Statistics: Time for A New Approach (COMPAS Blog, Sept. 2024) [Part 1] [Part 2]

Reports:

Changing the Narrative on Forced Displacement: Findings from the UK-UNHCR-World Bank Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement Research Program (World Bank, 2024) [text]

- See also related Devdiscourse blog post. Additional documents related to this project can be accessed here.

Evidence for Responding to Displacement: A Scoping Review of Rigorous Impact Evaluations (Innovations for Poverty Action, Nov. 2023) [text]

Focus Area Strategic Plan for Protection and Solutions for Internally Displaced People 2024-2030 (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

Funding landscape for research on health, migration and displacement: report for 2016-2020 period (WHO, Oct. 2024) [text]

A Global View on Responses to Internal Displacement: Where to Go from Here? (Refugees International, Sept. 2024) [text]

Mixed returns: Return migration and reintegration dynamics - Insights and key messages from MMC’s research and 4Mi data collection (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2024) [text]

Monitoring progress towards solutions to internal displacement: A development-oriented indicator framework (UN Development Programme, Sept. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Solidarity in disaster scholarship," Disasters, Early View, 17 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Why Has Migration Research So Little Impact? Examining Knowledge Practices in Migration Policy Making and Migration Studies," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 19 Sept. 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

Asymmetrical Sympathies: The Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers (Migration Oxford Podcast Series, Aug. 2024) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (10 Sept. 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:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (19 Aug. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Surveys:

ALNAP: Accessing online libraries and databases for humanitarian learning [info]

ReliefWeb 2024 [info]

- The ReliefWeb team is seeking user feedback on the humanitarian platform in advance of its 30th anniversary. 

Short pieces: 

Principles under pressure: have humanitarian principles really stood the test of time? (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, July 2024) [text]

The tricky delivery of aid and access in conflicts and crises (The Interpreter Blog, July 2024) [text]

"Why these 10 humanitarian crises still demand your attention," The New Humanitarian, 17 July 2024 [text]

New open access book:

Care in a Time of Humanitarianism: Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South (Berghahn Books, Aug 2024) [open access]

- "The vast majority of forced migrants & refugees seek shelter and respite in countries of the Global South, where humanitarian spaces and practices of care are no exceptions to international humanitarianism but rather part of a project founded on hybrid forms of care that include local and vernacular practices. Care in a Time of Humanitarianism presents complex histories of forced migration and humanitarianism in an accessible way. It applies a comparative approach to highlight the diverse cultural and religious traditions of care that are adopted across the Global South for the 'distant others'."

Reports:

The Added Value of Faith Actors in Localisation: Opportunities and Barriers in Humanitarian Action (Samuel Hall & Islamic Relief, July 2024) [access]

- Follow link for executive summary and full report which "explores and analyses the unique contributions and challenges faced by faith actors (FAs) in humanitarian settings across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Palestine, and Mozambique."

Catalogue of quality funding practices to the humanitarian response: A reference tool for policymakers and practitioners to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of programming, 2nd ed. (Norwegian Refugee Council & Development Initiatives, July 2024) [text]

Five Factors Driving Neglected Crises (Integral Alliance et al., July 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for related documents and other language versions; see also French version.

Passing the Buck: The Economics of Localizing Aid in Ukraine (Refugees International & Share Trust, July 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Ukrainian.

Prioritizing Partnerships: Modelling an alternative international humanitarian response in the Ukraine crisis (Oxfam, July 2024) [text]

Protection Leadership: The Role of UNHCR in Humanitarian Crises (UNHCR, July 2024) [text]

Underfunded Report 2024: The implications of underfunding UNHCR's activities in 2024 (UNHCR, July 2024) [access]

Journal articles & book chapters:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 26 (2024)  [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue theme is "Humanitarian work today: an overview."

"Between aid and rights: Humanitarian international NGOs responding to the crisis of European refugee protection," Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Latest Articles, 9 July 2024 [open access]

"Envisioning the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in the Rohingya response in Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and suggestions for the future," Development Policy Review, Early View, 29 July 2024 [open access]

"Humanitarian Action: Does the Nordic Model Make a Difference?," Chapter in Nordic Peace in Question: A Region of and for Peace (Routledge, July 2024) [open access]

"Public discourse narratives: from ‘Secret Aid Worker’ discontent to shifting power in humanitarian systems," Disasters, Early View, 15 July 2024 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (8 July 2024)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Protracted Confinement: Historical Perspective on Refugee Aid (Wilson Center, March 2023) [text]

The World Bank Evolution Must Prioritize Forced Displacement (RI Blog, April 2023) [text]

Reports:

A deconstructive approach to refugee self-reliance: The case of the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, RSC Working Paper, no. 139 (Refugee Studies Centre, April 2023) [text]

Harnessing Data Innovation for Migration Policy: A Handbook for Practitioners (IOM, April 2023) [text]

Postwar Displacement, Liberalism, and the Genesis of the International Refugee Regime, Working Paper, no. 25 (SCRIPTS, 2023) [text]

World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees and Societies (World Bank, April 2023 [access]

- Follow link for report and background papers in English, and main messages and chapter summaries in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian & Spanish.

Journal articles:

"The Anthropologist as Audience: Engaged Listening among Khmer Rouge Survivors and Ukrainian War Refugees," Medicine Anthropology Theory, vol. 10, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Deal-making, diplomacy and transactional forced migration," International Affairs, vol. 99, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Direct and structural injustice against refugees," Journal of Social Philosophy, Early View, 21 July 2022 [open access]

"Migration information campaigns: How to analyse their impact?," International Migration, Early View, 13 April 2023 [open access]

"The trade-off between admitting and paying: Experimental evidence on attitudes towards asylum responsibility-sharing," European Union Politics, OnlineFirst, 21 March 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

25th Anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Online, 17 April 2023 [access]

Displacement and Protection: Global Challenges, 21 April 2023 [access]

- Public address given by HC Filippo Grandi in Australia; the text of his speech is available here. 

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (12 April 2023)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (12 April 2023)

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity: 

Model UN Refugee Challenge for 2023 [access]

- Follow link for more info and a link to the registration form. "MUN organizers should register for the Challenge at least 6 weeks before the start of their MUN conference."

Blog posts & press:

More countries are including refugees in national health systems, and development partnerships are key to the process (UNHCR Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

A year from 2023 Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR announces co-convenors (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

Book chapters & articles:

"2021 Harrell-Bond Lecture, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford: Empire’s Refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 35, no. 4 (Dec. 2022) [free full-text]

"Methodological Quandaries of Studying Post-Soviet Displacements: An Invitation to Consider ‘Global Postcoloniality’ in Forced Migration Studies," Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, no. 60 (2022) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 1.

"Migrants’ Protection and Assistance in the Face of a Changing World: Taking Stock of the Challenges and Responses," Chapter 14 in Does the UN Model Still Work? Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Multilateralism (Brill, Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Restricting Human Movement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: New Research Avenues in the Study of Mobility, Migration, and Citizenship," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 15 Nov. 2022 [free full-text]

- See also related MPC Blog post.

"A Systems Approach to Displacement, Chapter 1 in The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach (Polity Books, Dec. 2022) [access via FM List] 

"Top 10 Migration Issues of 2022," Migration Information Source, 2 Dec. 2022 [access]

Multimedia:

High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Development Cooperation, 7-8 Dec. 2022 [access]

- See also related news story.

Social cohesion policies in displacement-affected contexts: promoting solidarity or preserving the protection space?, 18 Oct. 2022 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: General (29 Nov. 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]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (20 Oct. 2022)

Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunities:

Webinar: Policies and politics of Venezuelan migration in Latin America, 27 January 2022 [info]

Job announcement: Latin America Humanitarian Access Advisor, MSF [info]

- Apply by 13 February 2022. 

Blog posts & press:

Guatemala sends back hundreds of migrants in caravan headed to US (The Hill, Jan. 2022) [text]

"The incoherence of Canada’s refugee policy," Policy Options, 19 Jan. 2022 [text]

Migrants or refugees? ‘Let’s do both’ - Brazil’s response to Venezuelan displacement challenges legal definitions (MPC Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Protecting the most vulnerable and promoting integration in Colombia (Dev4Peace Blog, Oct. 2021) [text]

Tips for collecting surveys of hard-to-reach populations (Development Impact Blog, July 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Applying the “Triple Nexus”: Between Humanitarian, Development, and Peace in the Context of Migration Flows from Venezuela (Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria & WeWorld, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also the Spanish version.

*Diagnóstico sobre la situación de los Derechos Humanos de las personas migrantes y refugiadas venezolanas en la república Argentina (R4V, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Humanitarizando la movilidad en México: la migración centroamericana como problema humanitario," Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 11, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"My Brother the 'Other': Use of Satire and Boundary‐Making by Venezuelan Migrants in Peru," Social Inclusion, Ahead of Print, 20 Jan. 2022 [open access]

Protection Denied: Humanitarian Consequences at the U.S. Southern Border One Year into the Biden Administration (International Rescue Committee, Jan. 2022) [text]

WRMC's North and Central American Task Force on Migration

- 12 migration research papers "commissioned by the World Refugee & Migration Council (WRMC) through a partnership with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, El Colegio de México, the Migration Policy Institute and the Inter-American Dialogue" have just been released. You can access the list of publications here.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (12 Jan. 2022)

Regional Focus: MENA

Blog posts & press:

Libya: Violence erupts outside UNHCR center where hundreds of migrants are protesting (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2021) [text]

Relief for asylum seekers offered a new life outside Libya (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related press release.

To Ease Iraq’s Displacement Crisis, Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding are Vital (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

"'The war crushed our dreams': Displaced again and again in Yemen’s Marib," The New Humanitarian, 24 Nov. 2021 [text]

Reports: 

Humanitarian Needs Overview 2022: Libya (OCHA, Dec. 2021) [text]

"I Haven’t Known the Taste of Safety for Ten Years": Syrians trying to survive in Lebanon & Syria (Refugee Protection Watch, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Impact of COVID-19 on the EU’s Mediterranean Migration Policies: The Case of Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

Lebanon’s Deepening Crisis: The Case for a Sustainable Aid Response (Refugees International, Dec. 2021) [text]

No Way Out: Migrants and Refugees Trapped in Libya Face Crimes Against Humanity (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, International Federation for Human Rights & Lawyers for Justice in Libya, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Red Cross Red Crescent activities on migration and displacement in Middle East and North Africa: Snapshot 2021 (IFRC, Nov. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

Refugees in Lebanon: An Unknown Path (Access Center for Human Rights, Dec. 2021) [text via AMERA]

Roma in Iraq and Syria: On the Margins of IDP Protection, RID Working Paper, no. 9 (Researching Internal Displacement, Dec. 2021) [text] 

Shattered Lives: Understanding the Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs of Women and Children in Northwest Syria (World Vision, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Towards Durable Solutions to Displacement: Understanding Social Acceptance of Returnees in Post-ISIS Iraq (Mercy Corps, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Anomaly upon Anomaly: The 1951 Convention and State Disintegration," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 4 Dec. 2021 [open access]

- Uses Libya as an example of state disintegration.

"The development–humanitarian nexus: Linking development and disaster risk reduction with relief in Yemen as a case of high-intensity conflict," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 25 Nov. 2021 [open access]

"Violence, Displacement, and Support for Internally Displaced Persons: Evidence from Syria," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 65, no. 10 (2021) [preprint via author site]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1 (8 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 2 (Libya) (8 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Call for proposals: 2021 Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Paris & Online, 3-5 November 2021 [info]

- The theme is "New realities of politics and humanitarianism: between solidarity and abandonment." The call for panels is now open. 

Job announcement: Head of Evaluation Office, ICRC [info]

- Apply by 25 April 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Beyond the Visual: Media Exposure and Coordination in Humanitarian Emergencies (CGD Blog, March 2021) [text]

How can UNHCR further engage in Humanitarian Development cooperation? (UNHCR Blog, April 2021) [text]

Is aid neo-colonial? (DevPolicy Blog, April 2021) [text]

"The next UN humanitarian chief should be picked on merit," The New Humanitarian, 4 March 2021 [text]

"A Q&A with the world’s biggest aid donor," The New Humanitarian, 11 March 2021 [text]

"Who’s in the running for the top UN humanitarian job?," The New Humanitarian, 21 March 2021 [text]

More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Reports & journal articles:

Cashing in: Turning challenges into opportunities when evaluating humanitarian cash assistance (ALNAP & Cash Learning Partnership, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Access: How the pandemic should provoke systemic change in the global humanitarian system (United Nations University, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exploring migrants' trust in humanitarian organisations (IMREF, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leadership in Humanitarian Action: Handbook for the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (IASC, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Locating the value of the participatory approach to ‘humanitarian accountability’ in displacement contexts, RLI Working Paper, no. 53 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2021) [text]

Provision of Legal Aid in Humanitarian Settings: Lessons Learned Paper (INTERSOS, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Scientific due diligence for humanitarian Disaster Risk Financing: A guide for data scientists and humanitarian practitioners (Start Network, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]]

"Self-efficacy and humanitarian aid workers," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:6 (March 2021 [open access]

Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 for Forcibly Displaced Persons (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (3 March 2021)

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2

Journal articles & books:

"Access to Functional Handwashing Facilities and Associated Factors among South Sudanese Refugees in Rhino Camp Settlement, Northwestern Uganda," Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Art. ID 3089063 (March 2020) [open access]

"Building Blocks and Challenges for the Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees in Africa," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 8, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"A Case Study of Government and Civil Societies’ Collaboration and Challenges in Securing the Rights of Congolese Refugees Living in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa," South African Journal of Science, vol. 116, nos. 3/4 (2020) [open access]

"The Complex Sources of Immigration Control," International Migration Review, vol. 54, no. 1 (2020) [open access]
- Focuses on South Africa.

From Isolation to Integration: The Borderlands of the Horn of Africa (World Bank, March 2020) [open access]
- "A 'borderlands' perspective challenges policy makers to reconsider the nature of conflict, development, and state building. By foregrounding the particularities of border regions and the communities that live in them, this perspective reinforces the need to take context and history seriously and to understand power as it actually exists on the ground. It does not yield simple policy prescriptions, but it does offer an analytical lens that complements others, such as the need to explicitly consider the gendered nature of—and responses to—each of these phenomena, as well as the need to foreground environmental concerns. In sum, it can help policy makers craft better-targeted policies."

"Tracking Displaced People in Mali," Chapter in Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond (Springer, Oct. 2019) [open access]

"'What is Your Race?' Eritrean Migrant Encounters with Racial Identification Questions in South Africa," African Studies Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3 (May 2019) [full-text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (3 April 2020)

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Reports:

Global Humanitarian Overview 2020 (OCHA) [access]

- "The GHO is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of
global humanitarian needs, response and trends. It presents costed plans for the coordinated response to crises by humanitarian organizations and is the consolidated appeal for funding for 2020." Follow link for full report in English and abridged versions in Arabic, Chinese & French. See also related guidelines.

Learning from What We Know: How to Improve Evaluation Synthesis for Humanitarian Organisations (ALNAP, Jan. 2020) [text]

Localising Protection Responses in Conflicts: Challenges and Opportunities (ODI, Nov. 2019) [text]

Measuring Localisation: Framework and Tools (Australian National Univ. et al., Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Positive Disruption? China’s Humanitarian Aid (ICVA et al., Dec. 2019) [text]

Revisiting Aid Effectiveness: A New Framework and Set of Measures for Assessing Aid “Quality” (Center for Global Development, Jan. 2020) [text]

The State of Open Humanitarian Data: What Data is Available and Missing Across Humanitarian Crises (OCHA, Jan. 2020) [text]

Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 (CARE International, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- The 10 crises are in Africa. See also French version.

The Triple Nexus in Practice: Toward a New Way of Working in Protracted and Repeated Crises (NYU Center on International Cooperation, Dec. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for synopsis and full report.

Working Well? Aid Worker Well-being and How to Improve It (CHS Alliance, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (31 Jan. 2020)

Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts & media:

"Amnesty International Staff to Vote on Strike Action over Redundancies," The Guardian, 20 Sept. 2019 [text]

[Three Year Anniversary of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants] (Twitter, Sept. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for thread.

UNHCR Names Nansen Refugee Award Regional Winners (UNHCR, Sept. 2019) [text]
- Note: "The overall winner of the Nansen Refugee Award – who is not among those honoured today – will be revealed on 2 October. The prize will be presented at a ceremony in Geneva on 7 October."

Reports & journal articles:

"The Alchemy of History: Mirroring the Past, Recent Charges Put Humanity on Trial by Discouraging Acts of Decency towards Migrants," Routed Magazine, 17 Aug. 2019 [text]

"Breaking the Mould: Policy Approaches towards Bridging Protection and Development," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

"The Changing Political Impact of Compassion-evoking Pictures: The Case of the Drowned Toddler Alan Kurdi," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 45, no. 13 (2019) [open access]

Human Rights of Migrants: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/74/271 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Migrant Stock 2019 (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sept. 2019) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for press release, key messages, and population facts.

"A Loss for Words: Visual Representations of Migrants and Refugees in the Leave and Trump Campaigns," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 8, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

"Mapping Differential Vulnerabilities and Rights: ‘Opening’ Access to Social Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations," Comparative Migration Studies, 7:38 (Dec. 2019) [open access]

Missing Persons: Refugees Left Out and Left Behind in the SDGs (International Rescue Committee, Sept. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for full report and brief. See also related statement from business leaders.

"The Role of Conflict and Organized Violence in International Forced Migration," Demographic Research, vol. 41, art. no. 14 (July 2019) [open access]

"A Tightening Grip Abroad: Authoritarian Regimes Target Their Emigrant and Diaspora Communities," Migration Information Source, 22 Aug. 2019 [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (11 Sept. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

New Issues of AILA Law J., Br. J. Mid. East. Stud., Disasters, J. Humanit. Aff., Migr. Lett., Migr. Pol. Pract., Ref. Watch, Rural 21

AILA Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (April 2019) [contents] [info]
- Inaugural issue "includes seven law review articles covering timely topics about the rapidly changing landscape of immigration by some of the country's leading experts, including pieces on the renunciation of U.S. citizenship, Central American asylum seekers, extraordinary ability adjudications, travel ban waivers, and more." Free to AILA members; non-AILA members click here for access.

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (2019) [contents]
- Special issue on "Diasporas from the Middle East: Displacement, Transnational Identities and Homeland Politics." The introduction is freely available.

Disasters, vol. 43, no. S3 (April 2019) [open access]
- Special issue on "Resilience from the Ground Up."

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, vol. 1, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- "This first issue of the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs looks at what the possible end of liberal order means for humanitarianism. How are changes in the international system affecting humanitarian institutions and cooperation? How is humanitarianism changing? How relevant are humanitarian ideas and practices today?"

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 39, no. 1 (2019) [contents]
- Includes a focus on the Rohingya crisis, with four articles.

Migration Letters, vol. 16, no. 2 (2019) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with some focusing variously on the economic impact of refugees in Kenya, the duties of refugees in host countries, Eritrean refugees in South Africa, property rights in Syria, and war orphans in Bosnia, among others.

Migration Policy Practice, vol. IX, no. 1 (Jan.-March 2019) [full-text]
- This issue "seeks to present challenges, opportunities, existing practices and policy implications in the field of return and reintegration."

Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, nos. 51&52 (June-Dec. 2018) [full-text]
- Mix of articles, with several focusing on the Rohingya and on climate/environmental issues.

Rural 21: The International Journal for Rural Development, vol. 53, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "The Nexus: Joining Forces - Peace-building, Humanitarian Assistance and Development Co-operation."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Publications:

2015-2018 Impact Study Report (ICVA, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Action Learning in Humanitarian Response: Concept Note (ALNAP, April 2019) [text]
- See also related call for Steering Group members.

Dans le Business de l’Humanitaire: Doit-on Tirer Profit des Réfugiés? (The Conversation, April 2019) [text]

Development Aid Drops in 2018, Especially to Neediest Countries (OECD, April 2019) [text]
- See also related Thomson Reuters Foundation News article.

"From the Ground Up: Inside the Push to Reshape Aid," The New Humanitarian, 21 March 2019 [text]

The Principled Aid Index (ODI, March 2019) [access]
- See also related research papers & data, infographic and video.

Remittances in Humanitarian Crises (ODI, March 2019) [text]

Rural 21: The International Journal for Rural Development, vol. 53, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]
- Theme of this issue is "The Nexus: Joining Forces - Peace-building, Humanitarian Assistance and Development Co-operation."

The Solutions Capital Initiative: Realizing the Potential of Multi-Year, Multi-Partner Planning (UNHCR, Nov. 2018; posted March 2019) [text]

Step-by-Step Practical Guide for Humanitarian Needs Overviews, Humanitarian Response Plans and Updates (OCHA, April 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

How to Make the Humanitarian System Fit-for-purpose: A Bottom-up Approach, London, 28 March 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

The Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Political Economy Approach, London, 2 April 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Taking Humanitarian Accountability to the Next Level, London, 4 April 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Web site:

Humanitarian Library: The Global Hub for Humanitarian and Development Knowledge (Shelter Centre) [access]
- "The Humanitarian Library is designed as a global clearinghouse for regional humanitarian knowledge. As a user-oriented resource, it is designed to be the first reference for both sharing and searching for field-relevant documents. The resource is as useful as our global community of local actors makes it. The more relevant documents are shared, the more the library will be of use overall. The more documents have feedback from users, the more others can refer to the most pertinent resources."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (21 March 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2 (21 March 2019)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

CFP: Beyond 50 and 10, Beyond the Rhetoric - International Conference on the Protection of Forced Migrants in Africa, Pretoria, 6-7 September 2019 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 30 April 2019.

Registration: 28th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Gaborone, Botswana, 1-6 July 2019 [info]
- This year's hypothetical case "will tackle issues relating to refugees, statelessness, children’s rights, sexual minority rights and freedom of expression." Registration deadline is 30 April 2019.

CFP: International Conference on Protecting Persons Forcibly Displaced in Africa, Gaborone, Botswana, 5 July 2019 [info]
- This one-day conference will be held as part of the a/m moot court competition.
- Submit abstracts by 30 April 2019.

Publications:

Are Integrated Services a Step towards Integration? Uganda Case Study (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, March 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A Case Study of the Ethanol CleanCook Stove Intervention and Potential Scale-up in Ethiopia," Energy for Sustainable Development, vol. 46 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

Dadaab Movement and Intentions Monitoring: Dadaab Refugee Complex, Garissa County, Kenya (NRC & REACH, Feb. 2019) [infographic via ReliefWeb]

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Conflict and Internally Displaced Persons (Human Rights Watch, April 2019) [text]

Figure of the Week: Cyclone Idai’s Impact on Mozambique (Africa in Focus Blog, April 2019) [text]

"Future Uncertain as Kenya Threatens to Close Daadab Refugee Camp," VOA News, 29 March 2019 [text]
- See also related article on safety in Somalia and an Amnesty International statement.

Negotiation of Humanitarian Access in North Kivu: The Perception of Armed Non-State Actors, Communities and Humanitarians (Geneva Call, March 2019) [Eng. & Fre. texts via ReliefWeb]

"Niger, Part 1: At the Centre of a Brewing Militant Storm," The New Humanitarian, 28 March 2019 [text]

"Niger, Part 2: Counting the Dead, Waiting for Justice," The New Humanitarian, 1 April 2019 [text]

The Political Viability of Anti-immigrationism (Africa is a Country, March 2019) [text]
- "European nations increasingly look to the physical space of African nations for potential solutions to their racial and demographic anxieties."

Refugees’ Self-reliance: The Dilemma of Implementing the Global Compact on Refugees in Africa (RLI Blog, April 2019) [text]

Roundtable on Addressing Root Causes of Forced Displacement and Achieving Durable Solutions in Africa, Addis Ababa, 9 Feb. 2019 [summ. conclusions via ReliefWeb]

‘We are all IDPs’: Vulnerability and Livelihoods in Mugunga 3 Camp, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Working Paper, no. 77 (Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, March 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Introducing a Video Blog Series on Tackling Fragility, Conflict, and Violence in Africa (Dev4Peace Blog, April 2019) [info]
- Follow link for first vlog.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (21 March 2019)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 2

Articles & reports:

"Biased Altruism: Islamophobia and Donor Support for Global Humanitarian Organizations," Public Administration Review, vol. 79, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2019) [free full-text]
- See also related Humanitarian News Research Network article.

Cost-effectiveness in Humanitarian Work: Integration of Displaced Persons into Host Community Services, K4D Helpdesk Report (DFID, Sept. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

DAC Recommendation on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, Adopted 21 Feb. 2019 [text]

"Decision-making in Humanitarian Crises: Politics, and not only Evidence, is the Problem," Epidemiologia e prevenzione, vol. 42, nos. 3-4 (May-Aug. 2018) [full-text via ResearchGate]

*Dignity and Humanitarian Action in Displacement (ODI, March 2019) [text]
- "The goal of this project was to understand what dignity meant to affected people in different contexts. It explores how refugees, internally displaced people and returnees in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Lebanon, the Philippines and South Sudan understand dignity, and whether (and how) they feel that their dignity has been upheld in displacement. Their understandings are then compared with those of humanitarian workers in these contexts, analysing what this means for humanitarian policy, programme design and implementation more broadly, and the localisation agenda more specifically."

Field Perspectives on the Grand Bargain Project (Ground Truth Solutions) [info]
- "The research looks at progress against the Grand Bargain’s goals from the perspective of affected people and field staff involved in humanitarian operations. It covers seven countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia and Uganda. The first round of data was collected in 2017, followed by a second round in 2018. The focus of inquiry is on progress towards reaching the broader reform goals described in the Grand Bargain. Results are reported country by country and complemented by a policy brief that pulls together findings from across all seven humanitarian programmes." Follow link above for Round 2 surveys.

"Hosting as Shelter during Displacement: Considerations for Research and Practice," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4:5 (March 2019) [open access]

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 74 (Feb. 2019) [full-text]
- Special feature on "Communication and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Response."

Innovative Financing for Humanitarian Energy Interventions, Research Paper (Moving Energy Initiative, Feb. 2019) [text]

NGOs & Risk: Managing Uncertainty in Local-International Partnerships (InterAction, March 2019) [access]
- Follow link for global report, case studies in South Sudan and Northeast Nigeria, and recommendations.

Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-reported Humanitarian Crises of 2018 (CARE, Feb. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Unit-Based Costing Methodologies for HRPs and Protection Clusters (Global Protection Cluster, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Innovation Catalogue: A Collection of Innovations for the Humanitarian Sector (Elrha, Jan. 2019) [text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance - Pt. 1 (21 March 2019)

Tagged Publications.