LERRN is pleased to announce the following opportunity on behalf of the Placement, Preservation and Perseverance: Afghan at Risk Scholars, Activists and Students (PPP) Project.

PPP Student Communications Personnel (Summer 2023)

Job Type: Communications

Part Time Summer Job (10 hours a week) with Placement, Preservation and Perseverance: Afghan at Risk Scholars, Activists and Students (PPP), 杏吧原创 University

Payment: CAD $20/hour

Number of Openings: 1

Duration: 01 June – 30 August听2023 (Renewable)

Application Deadline: 15 May 2023

杏吧原创 the PPP Project

PPP is an IDRC funded initiative that seeks to respond to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, which continues to have a significant impact on the higher-education sector in the country. The project facilitates a range of programs and research projects that support Afghan knowledge communities and civil society actors in the diaspora, especially in Canada. The project supports displaced scholars, activists and students currently living in Canada, and helps establish resettlement, integration and preservation of knowledge.

杏吧原创 the position

PPP is looking for a full-or-part time student registered at 杏吧原创 University that has a proven background in communications, digital media and some experience with website design. This is a part-time position that may be extended past the summer. The ideal candidate is a motivated individual and a team player who is able to manage their own time and works effectively to deadlines.听

Scope of work

Under direction of the Program Director, the Student Communications personnel will provide a wide range of communications support to increase the media presence, awareness and advocacy impact of the project鈥檚 programs, activities and network building.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Duties will include, but not be limited to:

• Coordinate the organization, promotion and hosting of webinars and other virtual events.
• Build website to showcase project.
• Develop promotional materials and knowledge mobilization products on activities of project.
• Edit webinars, courses, or any other video material.
• Design posters, brochures and visual aids, which accurately reflect the desired theme and tone of the project or event.
• Contribute to web and social media content.
• Provide creative ideas to improve communication strategies.

Qualifications

Mandatory

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience building websites from templates.
• Experience with content development and editing video for web and social media.
• Deadline-oriented and manages time effectively.
• Communications for event-management like conferences and webinars.
• Self-motivated with a strong capacity for independent work.

Preferred

• Have advanced proofreading skills and a keen eye for aesthetics and details.
• Experience with processing and synthesizing large amounts of information to create simplified and clear content.
• Understanding of political, economic and social history of Afghanistan and its contemporary implications.
• Have proven ability to be a supportive and productive team member in a rapidly changing work environment

Student candidates of Afghan origin are preferred, but students with experiences of displacement are highly encouraged to apply.

How to apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter to Dr. Shuchi Karim听(shuchikarim@cunet.carleton.ca) by 15 May 2023. Please quote 鈥淧PP Student Communications Personnel: Summer 2023鈥� in the subject line.

References are required.听 In your concise cover letter, specify how your skills and experience match our requirements. We will not be accepting phone calls. You may also include a link to your portfolio or previous video experience.

Thank you for your interest in this position; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

LERRN is pleased to share the following Call for Papers for an upcoming Edited Volume on behalf of the editors:

Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?

Editors

Alfred Babo Ph.D. (Fairfield University) ababo@fairfield.edu
Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Ph.D. (Coppin State University) shussaini@coppin.edu

Potential Publishers

Editors are in contact with potential publishers, including Routledge, Palgrave MacMillan, University of Wisconsin Press, and Liverpool University Press (Migrations and Identities series).

Book description and conceptual frame

This book aims to engage exiled scholars in an intellectual examination of the nexus of personal and professional experiences in Western universities. Contributors will share their own unique experiences in order to reflect on the changing nature of knowledge production, transfer, and exchange in a world increasingly defined by forced migration. Such reflections are not new. In her 1943 essay “We Refugees,” the exiled academic Hannah Arendt called on refugees to rethink and affirm their legal and social status in the face of the pull to forget trauma and assimilate quickly. In the process, she made the concept of refugee into a key term for modern scholarship and thought. Today, in the globalized context where the concept of 鈥渞efugee鈥� increasingly attracts both empathy and rejection, refugee scholars housed in Western universities cannot help but question the fluidity of their identity. Are they refugees or intellectuals? Can they be recognized as both refugees and scholars? This duality of identity creates
new opportunities for rethinking concepts such as humanitarianism, indigenization, asylum, diversity, scholar activism, and the transnational production of knowledge in the universities of the twenty-first century. Assembling scholars from around the world who are working in the fields of political science, international studies, anthropology, law, philosophy, and the humanities, this volume addresses both the geopolitical predicaments and the intellectual contributions of exiled academics in our troubled times.

Contributors to this volume should integrate personal life difficulties and/or successes, mixed with emotional distress and cultural adjustments, into a scholarly analysis of academia in exile. The volume consists of three parts structured around the following questions:

1. Transnational Knowledge Production and Academic Identity
   • How do exiled scholars understand the hybridization and indigenization of research and teaching?
   • How do the host social and work environments serve or not serve the production of transnational knowledge? How do they understand the interdisciplinarity and globalization of knowledge?
2. Immobility within Academic Mobility
   • How has asylum status for a 鈥淪afe Haven鈥� impaired scholars鈥� mobility and banned their global activism? How do such stories reframe academic understandings of asylum, sanctuary, and refuge, considered
     historically, legally, and culturally?
   • How has establishing a career in the host country motivated scholars to re-invent and re-localize research topics and fields in a new institutional context? Has this happened easily and voluntarily or under duress? What are the intellectual fruits of such reinvention?
3. At-Risk Scholars Navigating the Academic Career
   • How has the journey to a tenure-track position implied the social vulnerability or success of refugee scholars? How did it differ from the professional trajectory of a non-refugee scholar
   • How do displaced scholars describe the impact of factors like identity, race, ethnicity, and refugee status in their job search and their academic success/failure, and how do these reflections challenge or transform current practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion? How do refugee scholars reflect on the dynamic evolution of their social and intellectual identities?

Submission procedure

Abstract 鈥� Please submit your abstract of no more than 500 words, by April 30, 2023,* and a brief bio to the editors (ababo@fairfield.edu and shussaini@coppin.edu). Authors must mention the questions of interest to them and describe the methodology/kinds of data that will be used and how they will combine their personal reflections with the scholarly responses to the questions.

*Deadline extension TBD; submissions will be accepted after this date.

Call for Applications for PhD University Professor as Lead Chair on Forced Displacement at the Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences (FGSES) of the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P).

LERRN is pleased to announce the following Call for Applications from the (FGSES) of the (UM6P), and our Partner Organization, the (IDRC).

The following info can also be found on the , or on .

Project summary and background

FGSES has been awarded a five-year grant from IDRC as a part of an ambitious program for the creation and support of a network of 12 research chairs across the Global South. The aim is to support the production of evidence-based research on the matter of forced displacement.

FGSES invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor听in Political Science, Social Sciences, or any relevant discipline for the position of听Lead Chair on Forced Displacement.

The roles and responsibilities of the successful candidate include research and teaching. The successful candidate is also expected to actively contribute to the design and implementation of specific teaching and research programs. The research chairs will conduct research on forced displacement using an interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and gender-transformative approach. They will also mentor and supervise early career scholars.

They will conduct outreach with impacted communities, particularly refugee-led initiatives, support localized agenda-setting, amplify refugee and host community voices, and advocate with policy stakeholders at local and international levels to ensure a strong link between research and policy.

Deadline: 31 March, 2023

Contract type & Hours: Full time

Location: FGSES Campus, Rabat, Morocco

Position:听Lead Chair on Forced Displacement

Salary:听TBD

Selection Criteria

• University professor with strong record in research and community outreach.
• PhD in Social Sciences: Political science demography, sociology, public policy, development economics or any other discipline relevant to migration and forced displacement studies.
• Proven record of publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Fluency in Arabic, English and French.
• Excellent command of written English and French.
• Strong academic knowledge in the field of migration, forced displacement and refugee law.
• Field experience with forcibly displaced persons and/or migrants and refugees is a plus.
• Previous experience in a governmental role or NGOs working with migrants is a plus.
• Willingness and commitment to work with different stakeholders, including but not limited to civil society organizations/local authorities and representatives of forcibly displaced communities.
• Commitment to the mentoring and assistance of early career researchers and PhD students working in the field of forced displacement.
• Commitment to the values of diversity, inclusion, and gender equality.
• Women and candidates from minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Duties and expected deliverables

• Facilitate the effective operation and management of the chair on forced displacement of the Faculty of Governance, Social and Economic Sciences and provide strong leadership to it.
• Supervise the activities and projects of the chair and ensure their communication to relevant stakeholders.
• Submit a workplan to IDRC for approval, including proposed activities in the three areas of focus: research, community outreach, and policy outreach. The chair will lead on these three axes of focus.
• Coordinate with other IDRC-funded research chairs to strengthen coordination and mutual learning and to engage in possible joint activities, with support from LERRN at 杏吧原创 University.
• Regularly report to relevant responsible at the FGSES on the work and activities of the chair, while ensuring the smooth running of activities and timely reporting of any issues pertaining to the work of the chair.
• Collaborate and coordinate with all relevant departments of the FGSES in the design, organization and running of events relevant to the work of the chair.
• Actively contribute to the scientific production of the chair, through the publishing of research papers and policy brief, as agreed upon in the contract.
• Regularly provide technical progress reports to FGSES and IDRC and engage with both institutions in regional and global fora.
• Design a process to ensure the long-term sustainability of the position of chair beyond the IDRC funding.

How to Apply

Applicants must provide:

1. a detailed curriculum vitae,
2. a separate, full list of publications,
3. one example of research output,
4. a proof of degree completion,
5. at least two letters of recommendation,
6. evidence of effective post-secondary teaching experience, and
7. evidence of successful advising of Masters and Ph.D. level research consistent with international standards.

For full consideration, please ensure your application is complete. All items should be assembled (in the order listed) in a single 鈥渮ipped鈥� file and sent by email to recrutement.fgses@um6p.ma, with 鈥淟ead Chair Position鈥� in the subject line.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with the earliest interviews starting as soon as mid-March.

Selected candidates will be invited to an initial interview. After this stage, candidates may be invited to give a 60 to 75 minutes research presentation and mock lecture.

杏吧原创 the FGSES

The Social Sciences, Economics and Humanities Cluster at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is a teaching and research ecosystem that closely brings together three entities:

• Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences (FGSES); offering Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 programs,

as well as Ph.D. programs,

• The Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences (AIRESS); geared towards research,
• The Public Policy School (PPS); offering executive education programs for decision-makers in both public and private sectors.

Each of these entities fulfills its own mission; using the knowledge and experience shared among a community of professors, researchers, scholars as well as public decision-makers. All three entities have a common goal. They contribute to the development of the African continent and endow public policies with solid knowledge as well as highly skilled professional profiles that critically address issues facing the continent and the globe.

杏吧原创 UM6P

UM6P is a recently established non-profit university created with the ambition of providing a world-class educational experience and delivering cutting-edge research in natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences. It was established to serve countries of the Global South, with an emphasis on producing research relevant to the African continent and training the next generation of political, social, scientific, and business leaders.

杏吧原创 the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement

The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement supports the individual and collective activities of the IDRC Research Chairs, amplifying their work at the regional and global level, supporting collaborative and comparative research projects, and creating an inclusive and supportive research environment that is greater than the sum of its parts. The Network is supported by 杏吧原创 University and LERRN.

For more information, please visit the Research Chairs Network Main Page:

Call for Applications for Postdoctoral, PhD, Master鈥檚 and Undergraduate Student Interns at the University of Dar es Salaam Research Chair in Forced Displacement (UDSM-RCFD) with a Focus on East Africa

LERRN is pleased to announce the following Call for Applications from the , and our Partner Organization, the (IDRC). The following info can be found on the or downloaded as a PDF:

Project summary and background

With the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the University of Dar es Salaam Research Chair on Forced Displacement (UDSM-RCFD), located in the Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences under the project titled Strengthening Knowledge, Evidence Use and Leadership in the Global South on Forced Displacement: Focus on East Africa has established a Research Chair which conducts research, seminars, policy dialogues, capacity building and outreach activities on forced displacement/displaced.

The UDSM-RCFD is inviting applications for postdoctoral, doctoral, master鈥檚 and undergraduate interns who will work in the research, policy and outreach programmes. The UDSM-RCFD is a multidisciplinary entity with members from Geography, Law, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Development Studies, Business School, and Food Science and covers Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. The RCFD focuses on two major types of forced displacement namely the refugees and internally-displaced persons (IDPs). With the IDPs, the research expands to include climate change, disaster, conservation or development-induced displacements such as construction and extraction industries and urban policies. The research conducted under the Chair will embrace a gender-transformative research approach, focusing on the adaptive capacity of the displaced, raising the voices of the displaced people, studying the existing social and legal protection, designing and outreach programmes on empowerment and conducting policy dialogues to ensure democratic and inclusive governance; sustainable and economic inclusion.

Submission requirements

Applications should include a statement of interest, a CV, and a concept note. Upon being accepted, more documents will be required. Female candidates and individuals who have experienced displacement are encouraged to apply.

Applications are to be submitted by email to the Research Chair of the UDSM-RCFD, Dr. Opportuna Kweka: opportuna.kweka@gmail.com and copied to fnamkesa@yahoo.com.

Application Deadline:

Monday, January 30, 2023.

Any enquiries related to the call and application process should be sent by email to the Research Chair of the UDSM-RCFD, Dr. Opportuna Kweka: opportuna.kweka@gmail.com.

LERRN is pleased to announce the following event on behalf of the听听(SPA):听Listening to all voices? The politics of 鈥榣ived experience鈥�: concerns, contradictions, and challenges. This free two-day summit听of talks, activities and workshops is preceded by two听calls for abstracts, the details of which are听found below.

The Citizenship and Migration Research Network (CMRN) at the University of Edinburgh will be hosting a one-day hybrid writing workshop for displaced PhD and Early Career Researchers looking to publish an article on themes related to forced migration. The Writing Workshop will bring together 10 PhD and early career researchers with peers from the University of Edinburgh for one to one and group feedback on their draft articles, and a series of talks about how to publish and promote your work from Editors of leading journals in the field.

The aims of the event are to:

• Provide targeted feedback from experienced peer reviewers to help develop your article to a publishable quality
• Advise on the best target journals for the articles submitted
• Show how the peer review process works, and to give participants who are new to it some experience of providing and receiving comments
• Share publishing best practice, and knowledge on how to develop a publishing strategy that maximises the impact of your work and assists with job applications
• Bring together PhD students and ECR to form a support network, and to build a sense of academic community across institutions

All participants will be expected to submit a 6-8,000-word draft of their article in advance of the day, and to provide feedback on 4 other drafts, which they will share with their peers on the day. A team of experienced peer reviewers who research displacement issues will also provide feedback on each paper. Applicants are invited to join online or in person, though the CMRN is only able to reimburse up to 拢100 of eligible expenses.

To apply for the workshop, please send an email to the organisers (see below) briefly outlining your career stage, why you would like to join this workshop and what you鈥檙e hoping to get out of it, with a 1,000-word sample from your proposed article attached.

The deadline for applications is the 1st of听December 2022. Successful applicants will be notified by the 3rd of听December, and full drafts will be expected no later than the 16th of听January.听This is to ensure that everybody has 10 days to read the other draft manuscripts.

Applicants who have experienced displacement will be prioritised, though we welcome all applications as we aim to ensure a complementary mix of research interests and publishing experience within the workshop. If you have any questions though, please don鈥檛 hesitate to get in touch with either of the organisers: Georgia Cole (Georgia.cole@ed.ac.uk) or Ann-Christin Zuntz (ann-christin.zuntz@ed.ac.uk).

The (CARFMS), in collaboration with the (LERRN) and the (BHER) project, are pleased to announce an Annual Award to recognize the outstanding scholarship produced by students and early-career researchers within the academic field of refugee and forced migration studies with a lived experience of having been forcibly displaced.

This joint Award aims to ensure that refugee and forced migration research is shaped by a more inclusive and equitable collective engagement, and with the objective of amplifying and highlighting the voices of those who has lived an experience of forced displacement.

The finalists will be awarded a $500 prize for one winning research paper in each of the three categories:

• Undergraduate students
• Graduate and law students
• Early-career researcher (defined as having completed their highest degree no more than six years before the competition deadline)

In addition, each of the winners will receive an award certificate signed by CARFMS, LERRN, and BHER recognizing their exceptional work and the opportunity to present their paper at a CARFMS conference or virtual event. Submissions may address any issue relevant to refugee and forced migration studies in Canada or elsewhere.

The deadline for the annual competition is April 30, 2023.

The papers will be evaluated through an anonymous review process. Please do not include any identifying information in the paper. Composition of the evaluation committee will be as follows: 2 members from CARFMS, 1 community research partner with lived experience of displacement (recommended by LERRN), 1 representative from LERRN, and 1 representative from BHER. In following years, the community research partner position will be filled (if so desired) by the previous emerging scholar winner.

Applicants may only enter听one听submission in either the CARFMS Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Contest or the .

For more information, please visit the CARFMS webpage for this announcement:

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This 12-unit online training program engages with the theory and practice of cross-cultural partnered fieldwork. Units will be delivered through a series of pre-recorded lectures and supported by readings and other materials, with on-line discussions and assignments supported and moderated by a designated course facilitator. This training program will both equip emerging scholars with new research skills and foster critical reflection and dialogue among participants on these issues. This course does not qualify for a university credit.

Recruitment of IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia

LERRN is pleased to announce the following Call for Proposals from the , and our Partner Organization, the (IDRC):

The Asian Institute of Technology is currently recruiting a Research Chair to lead a centre on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia. The project is supported by IDRC Canada. The IDRC Research Chair position focuses on research on gender in the context of conflict-induced/climate change and disaster-induced/development-induced forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia. It covers both internal and cross-border displacement. The Chair will be hosted by the Gender and Development Studies academic Program. The Chair will address the research gap between knowledge and policy responses when it comes to the gender dimensions of forced displacement.

Rank:听Senior Research Fellow or Research Professor (associate/full)

Location:听Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

For full details, please see the related AIT webpage:

Application Deadline:

Thursday, September 15, 2022.

Any enquiries related to the call and application process should be sent by email to gendev@ait.asia.

Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in North and West Africa

LERRN is pleased to announce the following Call for Proposals from our Partner Organization, the . IDRC will support the establishment of up to four university research chairs, for up to five years: two in North Africa, and two in West Africa. The aim of the research chair positions will be to empower institutions in these regions to define research agendas on forced displacement. They will also lead on identifying practical, gender-transformative solutions that promote the social, economic, political, and health rights of forcibly displaced persons and host communities. For more information on the scope, budget and eligibility, please visit IDRC’s main webpage for this call:

An online information session will be held for interested applicants on July 28, 2022, at 8 am EDT.

Application Deadline:

Friday, October 14, 2022 – 16:00.

Any enquiries related to the call and application process should be sent by email to听dig-gdi@idrc.ca听before September 9, 2022.

Appel de propositions :

Cr茅er des chaires de recherche sur les d茅placements forc茅s en Afrique du Nord et en Afrique de l鈥橭uest

LERRN a le plaisir d’annoncer l’appel de propositions suivant du . Le CRDI soutiendra la cr茅ation de quatre chaires de recherche universitaires pour une dur茅e maximale de cinq ans : deux en Afrique du Nord, et deux en Afrique de l鈥橭uest. L’objectif de ces chaires de recherche est de permettre 脿 des institutions de ces r茅gions de d茅finir des programmes de recherche sur les d茅placements forc茅s. Ces entit茅s dirigeront 茅galement la recherche de solutions pratiques et sexosp茅cifiques qui promeuvent les droits sociaux, 茅conomiques, politiques et en mati猫re de sant茅 des personnes d茅plac茅es de force et des communaut茅s d’accueil. Pour plus de d茅tails 脿 propos du port茅e, budget, et admissibilit茅, veuillez consulter la page d’acceuil pour cet appel sur le site web de CRDI :

Une s茅ance d’information en ligne aura lieu 脿 l’intention des demandeurs int茅ress茅s le 28 juillet 2022 脿 8 h HAE.

Date butoir :

Vendredi 14 octobre 2022 – 16:00.

Les demandes de renseignements concernant l’appel de propositions et le processus de demande doivent 锚tre envoy茅es par courriel 脿 l’adresse dig-gdi@idrc.ca avant le 9 septembre 2022.