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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Call to Action on Climate Change and Forced Displacement IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement: 2023 Global Refugee Forum

The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement is a community of twelve scholars based at universities in countries experiencing mass displacement. Together, they are reframing the narrative of forced displacement and transforming the field of forced migration studies to mainstream Global South perspectives, using evidence-based research... More

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Mexico: Panel on Forced Migration at the University of Guadalajara

Roula El-Rifai with IDRC Chairs, Fouad Fouad and Paula Banerjee at聽FILGuadalajara聽speaking as part of a panel on forced displacement in the South, organized by Mexico Chair Hiram Angel.... More

Saturday, December 9, 2023

IDRC Research Chairs Call for an End to the Silos That Divide Climate Change Policy from Displacement Solutions

Following their inaugural workshop in Dar es-Salaam in May, five of the IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement gathered to discuss the crisis of climate displacement from a Global South perspective. The forum was an informal workshop held on the margins of the Global South Summit on Climate Displacement at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University... More

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Global Refugee Forum: the IDRC Research Chairs Demonstrate the Importance of Localization

  Last week, it was my privilege to accompany the twelve IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in Geneva. Organized by UNHCR, the goal of the GRF is to get member states to make pledges to help refugees, both within their countries and abroad. In the past,... More

Monday, October 2, 2023

IDRC Project Launched by Centre for Migration Studies

The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the University of Ghana, Legon, has initiated an IDRC project aimed at enhancing knowledge, evidence utilization, and leadership in the Global South regarding forced displacement, with a specific focus on Anglophone West African countries, including Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The overarching... More

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Nyi Nyi Kyaw Presents Paper at Migration and Citizenship Pathways in Asia

IDRC Research Chair,聽Nyi Nyi Kyaw,聽recently presented his paper titled "Migration, Citizenship, and Identity Documentation: Citizenship and Pseudo/Partial Citizenship of Myanmar Migrants in Thailand" at the Migration and Citizenship Pathways in Asia conference. This conference, hosted by the Asia Research Institute at the National University of... More

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Luisa Feline Freier: Insights on South-South Displacement

Peru Chair Luisa Feline Freier writes about Venezuelan migration in the Global South, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the need for more focus on South-South displacement: Protegiendo a los refugiados en el sur global 鈥淒e los 7,3 millones de venezolanos que se han visto obligados a abandonar su pa铆s, m谩s del... More

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Abebaw Minaye: Advisory Committee Meeting

The Ethiopia Chair, Abebaw Minaye, assisted two PhD students to defend their dissertations on the behavior of left behind children as a result of parental migration聽and聽the psychosocial predictors of intention to migrate. The Chair also headed a qualitative research training in Gondar and was recognized as researcher of the year of 2022 by the... More

Monday, June 26, 2023

Amal El Ouassif: Understanding factors and Developing Opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb

Authors: Xavier Aragall, Amal El Ouassif, Anna Ferro, Mat铆as Ib谩帽ez In the last decade, it has become very clear that climate change is not a problem of the future. This threat multiplier is causing severe natural disasters, rising sea levels, desertification, and rising temperatures in every continent, reminding us that it is not only... More

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Tanzania: Policy Dialogue held in Dar es-Salaam

The聽University of Dar es Salaam has launched a Research Chair on Forced Displacement (UDSM-RCFD) and reiterated its commitment to ensuring inclusivity and scholarly contribution to addressing the global challenge of forced migration. Speaking during the launch on 29th May 2023, the Acting Vice Chancellor, who is also the Deputy Vice... More

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

World Refugee Day: IDRC Research Chairs Show the World How to Localize Research on Forced Displacement

On May 30 and 31, in Dar es-Salaam Tanzania, something revolutionary happened. Twelve experts from some of the places most impacted by forced displacement gathered in person for the inaugural workshop of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. Funded by Canada鈥檚 International Development Research Centre, and with support from... More

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Lebanon: Webinar on Refugees in the Middle East

Research Chair, Fouad M. Fouad, from the American University of Beruit participated in a webinar on refugees in the Middle... More

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