news Archives - IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement /fd-chairs-net/category/news/ Ӱԭ University Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Plan of Action: Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations /fd-chairs-net/2026/declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations-plan-of-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations-plan-of-action Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:42 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1543

On the 75thAnniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement commit to a series of activities to advance their Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations. You can read the Network’s plan of action here:

]]> Announcing Launch of The Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of the International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations /fd-chairs-net/2026/announcing-launch-of-the-declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-the-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=announcing-launch-of-the-declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-the-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:47:42 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1533 We are pleased to announce the official launchof the Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations.

For more information, please visit here.

]]> Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of the International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations /fd-chairs-net/2026/declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-the-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaration-on-the-foundations-and-renewal-of-the-international-protection-for-forcibly-displaced-populations Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:39:02 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1499

The IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement are pleased to announce the of the Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations.

The Declaration was adopted during the Policy Dialogue on Forced Displacement, held in Rabat, Morocco, on 3 June 2026.

Convened by the IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement, the Policy Dialogue brought together scholars, educators, and advocates from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa. Participants gathered in Rabat on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to reflect on the foundations of international protection and to advance a renewed vision for addressing forced displacement in today’s world.

Read the Declaration here:

Plan of Action:

Please read the IDRC plan of action here.

Session Recording:

]]> New Policy Brief published by IDRC Research Chair, Myriam Cherti, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco /fd-chairs-net/2025/new-policy-brief-published-by-idrc-research-chair-myriam-cherti-mohammed-vi-polytechnic-university-morocco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-policy-brief-published-by-idrc-research-chair-myriam-cherti-mohammed-vi-polytechnic-university-morocco Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:42:08 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1488 A new policy brief has been published on “Cities as key policy actors: strengthening urban responses to displacement in the global South’, led by Dr Myriam Cherti, the IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement at the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Rabat. The brief is based on the contributions and discussions we had during our webinar in April.

You can read the policy brief here:

]]> New Policy Brief published by IDRC Research Chair, Dr. Paula Banerjee /fd-chairs-net/2025/new-policy-brief-published-by-idrc-research-chair-dr-paula-banerjee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-policy-brief-published-by-idrc-research-chair-dr-paula-banerjee Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:23:04 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1486 IDRC Research Chair, Prof. Paula Banerjee, publishes a ‘Scoping study on promoting labour market reintegration in the context of climate mobility in Pacific Island countries’. This study contributes to the implementation of the Pacific Regional Framework on Climate Mobility, which advocates for proactive, humane, and sustainable solutions that uphold the dignity and resilience of Pacific communities in the face of climate-induced mobility.

Thereport was prepared for the International Labour Organization (ILO) by Dr Paula Banerjee and Katarina Atalifo, with technical review by Nilim Baruah, ILO Senior Specialist on Labour Migration in the Decent Work Technical Support Team in Bangkok. This report has been produced under the Pacific Climate Change, Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) – Phase II programme. The PCCMHS programme is implemented by the ILO, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), along with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD).

You can read the report here: https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/FINAL_ilo%20-%20Scoping%20study%20on%20promoting%20labour%20market%20reintegration%20in%20the%20context%20of%20climate%20mobility%20in%20Pacific%20Island%20countries%20A4%202025-10-16%20web2.pdf

]]> The Postcolonial Compendium: Keywords in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, new publication by IDRC Research Chair Prof. Paula Banerjee /fd-chairs-net/2025/the-postcolonial-compendium-keywords-in-forced-migration-and-refugee-studies-new-publication-by-idrc-research-chair-prof-paula-banerjee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-postcolonial-compendium-keywords-in-forced-migration-and-refugee-studies-new-publication-by-idrc-research-chair-prof-paula-banerjee Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:33:05 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1480 Professor Paula Banerjee (the IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement at the Asian Institute of Technology’s Gender and Development Studies Program) recently published E-book, The Postcolonial Compendium: Keywords in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, (edited by Paula Banerjee, Nasreen Chowdhory and Priya Singh). The book is published on Springer Nature Link.

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The postcolonial compendium aims at a compilation and brief explication of key terms used in the multidisciplinary field of forced migration and refugee studies. There have been significant debates, contributions, and interpretations in recent years which have reshaped the way academia analyses and maps refugee and migration studies, at the same time, expanding its scope. Research on refugees and forced migrants has had a long history cutting across disciplines, exploring multiple dynamics such as forced and voluntary movements, displacement and dispossession, heterogeneity and agency of forced migrants, human rights, humanitarianism, protection, practice and policy. In addition, academics, policy makers and practitioners are still contending with the diverse challenges that remain in the aftermath of a global pandemic and continue to permeate the refugee and migrant space exacerbating the precarious state of public health, particularly in the global south with far reaching consequences.

At this critical juncture/crossroads, migrant and refugee studies as a field of enquiry is rapidly expanding and diversifying, concomitantly, its terminology is constantly evolving to keep pace with the burgeoning discipline, which found its moorings as a separate entity in the early 1980s. With the development of refugee and forced migration studies, academic research as well as advocacy in terms of the rights of migrants and refugees have acquired a global reach which in turn has induced the emergence of a rapidly growing literature focused on the same, including handbooks devoted to the study of refugees and forced migrants from an interdisciplinary perspective. In comparison, the vocabulary or terminology of refugee and forced migration studies, which has amplified by leaps and bounds in scope and importance, has not yet found a separate, focused and comprehensive compendium dedicated to itself. ThePostcolonial Compendium:Keywords in Forced Migration and Refugee Studiesintends to fill this lacuna/void.

]]> XIII Dominican Conference on Gender Studies, Building Knowledge for Equality /fd-chairs-net/2025/xiii-dominican-conference-on-gender-studies-building-knowledge-for-equality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xiii-dominican-conference-on-gender-studies-building-knowledge-for-equality Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:19:17 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1476 *貹ñDZ a continuación*

The IDRC Research Chair for the Dominican Republic, Desiree de Rosario Sosa, and her team would like to express their sincere gratitude for your valuable participation in the Expert Forums on Climate Change and Forced Displacement launched in June. Each forum has provided important insights and analyses that allowed them to position and bring this issue to the attention of academia, students, and affected communities.

The XIII Dominican Conference on Gender Studies, Building Knowledge for Equality, is an upcoming opportunity to present research on the topic. After each conference, the publication “Miradas Desencadenantes” (Unleashed Perspectives) is produced, compiling the papers presented. Here are some examples of these publications from past conferences.

Miradas Desencadenantes Volume 6.

Miradas Desencadenantes Volume 5.

The Conference’s topic is The Global South: Perspectives, Contributions, and Knowledge Building on Forced Displacement due to Climate Change, and it will be held on November 14 and 15 at INTEC in Santo Domingo. We would be greatly honored to have your research at the Conference to contribute to the research repertory in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean within the Global South.

You can find more information about the conference and its rationale . We are also sharing the registration form for participants(in-person and virtual). We would appreciate it if you could also share this call for papers with colleagues and others who may be interested.

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We hope to see you again at the conference!

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require assistance: yasilys.andujar@intec.edu.do

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La presidenta de la cátedra de la Republica Dominicana, Desiree de Rosario Sosa, y su equipo quieren expresar su más sincero agradecimiento por su valiosa participación en los Foros de Expertos y Expertas sobre Cambio Climático y Desplazamiento Forzado que iniciamos en junio. Con cada foro dio reflexiones y análisis importantes y que han permitido posicionar y llevar este tema que nos toca tan de cerca en el interés académico, estudiantil y comunitario.

La XIII Conferencia Dominicana de Estudios de Género, Construcción de Conocimientos para la Igualdad es una oportunidad parapresentar sus investigaciones sobre el tema. Luego de cada Conferencia se realiza la publicación “Miradas Desencadenantes” que recopila las ponencias presentadas. Les comparto como ejemplos de estas publicaciones de Conferencias pasadas.

Miradas Desencadenantes Volumen 6.

Miradas Desencadenantes Volumen 5.

El tema es El Sur Global: Las perspectivas, aportes y la construcción de conocimientos sobre el l Desplazamiento Forzado por Cambio Climático y se realizará el 14 y 15 de Noviembre en INTEC. Nos honraría grandemente tener sus investigaciones en la Conferencia para contribuir a ese acervo investigativo de República Dominicana y del Caribe dentro del Sur Global.

Pueden ver más información sobre la Conferencia y su justificación . Compartimos también el formulario de registro para participantes (modalidad presencial y virtual). Agradecemos que puedan también compartir esta convocatoria a colegas y personas que puedan estar interesadas.

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Esperamos verles de nuevo en la Conferencia!

Quedamos atentos a cualquier duda o asistencia que requieran: yasilys.andujar@intec.edu.do

]]> “Examining Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees in the Global South” Webinar /fd-chairs-net/2025/examining-labour-market-integration-of-migrants-and-refugees-in-the-global-south-webinar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=examining-labour-market-integration-of-migrants-and-refugees-in-the-global-south-webinar Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:39:46 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1439

The 3rd session of the UM6P Research Chair’s 2025 Webinar Series:
“Examining Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees in the Global South”
Wed, Sept 17 | 2.30pm to 4pm (GMT+1)

Speakers: Jackline Wahba (University of Southampton), Gilda Borriello (University of Oxford), Imane Bendra (University of Antwerp), Muriel Juramie (UNHCR Morocco)
Discussant: Matthew Bird (IDRC Research Chair, Peru)
Moderator: Myriam Cherti (IDRC Research Chair, Morocco)

]]> Invitation to the XIII Dominican Conference on Gender Studies/ Invitación a la XIII Conferencia Dominicana de Estudios de Género /fd-chairs-net/2025/invitacion-a-la-xiii-conferencia-dominicana-de-estudios-de-genero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invitacion-a-la-xiii-conferencia-dominicana-de-estudios-de-genero Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:21:00 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1433

The IDRC Research Chair for the Dominican Republic, Desiree del Rosario Sosa, is pleased to invite you to participate in the XIII Dominican Conference on Gender Studies, to be held on November 14th and 15th. This edition will focus on analyzing and reflecting upon perspectives, contributions, and the construction of knowledge regarding gender issues within the context of the Global South.

For more information about the conference, please read the concept note.

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A la presidente de la Cátedra de la República Dominicana, Desiree del Rosario Sosa, le complace invitarlos a participar en la XIII Conferencia Dominicana de Estudios de Género, que se llevará a cabo los días 14 y 15 de noviembre. Esta edición se enfocará en analizar y reflexionar sobre las perspectivas, aportes y la construcción del conocimiento en torno a las cuestiones de género dentro del contexto del Sur Global.

Para mas información, favor de leer la nota conceptual.

]]> University Diploma (DU) in Migration and Forced Displacement Launch /fd-chairs-net/2025/university-diploma-du-in-migration-and-forced-displacement-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=university-diploma-du-in-migration-and-forced-displacement-launch Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:58:01 +0000 /fd-chairs-net/?p=1389 The Chair on Forced Displacement (Morocco) has launch the University Diploma (DU) in Migration and Forced Displacement which is jointly offered by two institutions within USJ: the Lebanese School of Social Work and the Institute of Political Science.

This fully online program is open to international students and offers flexible access to high-quality academic content. Courses are conducted in English. However, understanding English is the only language skill required, as students have the option to write their assignments in French, English, or Arabic.

Find more information, read the brochure on the program here. (French version available here.)

For any questions: houwayda.bouramia@usj.edu.lb.

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