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Luisa Feline Freier

Universidad del Pac铆fico, Peru

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Luisa Feline Freier holds the position of Associate Professor of Political Science at the Universidad del Pac铆fico in Lima, Peru. Her research is centered on migration and refugee policies and laws in Latin America, with a particular focus on south-south migration and the Venezuelan displacement crisis. She has made significant contributions to both academic and media discourse, with her work appearing in a wide range of outlets. Professor Freier’s expertise on the Venezuelan displacement crisis has led to interviews with major international media outlets, including BBC, El Pa铆s, La Presse, and The Economist.

Beyond her research and media engagements, Professor Freier has provided advisory services to numerous international institutions and organizations, including Amnesty International, ICRC, IDB, IOM, UNHCR, the World Bank, and the EU. She serves as the Migration Research and Publishing High-Level Adviser of the IOM.

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Recent Activities

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Luisa Feline Freier: A snapshot of Latin American legal protection frameworks

Authors: Marta Castro Padr贸n and Luisa Feline Freier The Latin America region is facing several complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impacts of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the resurgent armed conflict in Colombia, persistent high levels of generalised violence across Central America and Mexico,... 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

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

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

Friday, October 21, 2022

Luisa Feline Freier and Hiram 脕ngel Lara Organizes a Symposium at the FLASCO Conference

Luisa Feline Freier, the Chair of the Universidad del Pac铆fico, and Hiram 脕ngel Lara, the Chair of the University of Guadalajara, organized a symposium in La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO; Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences) at the Montevideo Conference: Forced Migration in the Americas 鈥� Protection Policies,... More

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