Archives: The LERRN Working Papers Series

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

In The Meantime: Gender, Race, Nationality, and 鈥淧ara- Solutions鈥� for Refugees in Amman, Jordan

Working Paper 27 Sarah Nandi, Department of Political Science, McGill University Oroub El Abed, International Migration and Refugee Studies, Birzeit University Megan Bradley, Department of Political Science, McGill University Hamzah Qardan, USAID, Jordan Executive Summary The three durable solutions, namely resettlement to a third country, local... More

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Role of Education in Protecting The Environment and Women鈥檚 Rights at Dagahaley Camp Dadaab, Kenya

Working Paper 24 By Dahabo Abdi Ibrahim Executive Summary Education promotes both individual and national development by contributing to increased productivity and a hope for the eradication of poverty, disease, and ignorance (Kigotho et al. 2016). Author, with a lived experience of displacement, offers an exploration of environmental education... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Forging the Path to Meaningful Refugee Participation: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Power, Agency, and Participation

Working Paper 22 By Beenish Khan, 杏吧原创 University Executive Summary Since the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees articulated the commitment to ensuring meaningful refugee participation, forced migration scholars have engaged considerably with the disparities in how meaningful participation is understood, the expected outcomes, and the standards... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Co-production of Knowledge in Forced Migration Studies: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Challenges and the Possibilities for the Emergence of Best Practices

Working Paper 21 By Parin Mistry, 杏吧原创 University Executive Summary Although 80% of the world鈥檚 refugees are hosted in the global South, the majority of research in forced migration studies is produced and disseminated by researchers and institutions in the global North. The asymmetry of power in knowledge production is not limited to the... More

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Can Higher Education be a Pathway to Repatriation for Youth Living in Displacement? A Study of the Career Trajectories of Master of Education Students from Dadaab Refugee Camp

Working Paper 19 By Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Master of Education Graduate, Dadaab Response Association Executive Summary This paper reports on the results of a research project conducted as part of a Fellowship with the Open Society University Network. In this paper, I asked how has participating in post-secondary education in the Dadaab refugee... More

Friday, August 12, 2022

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Youth Well-Being in the Dadaab Refugee Camps

Available in 毓乇亘賷 Franc抬ais Espan虄ol Working Paper 18 By Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association Executive Summary The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school closures globally, including in the Dadaab refugee camps. This study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on... More

Friday, August 12, 2022

Historical Backgrounder: Lebanon鈥檚 2014 Refugee Policy Shift

Working Paper 17 Zahraa Al-Ahmad, Graduate of 杏吧原创 University, MA in Political Science Executive Summary While Lebanon has the largest per capita refugee population in the world, Lebanon鈥檚 protection of refugees has been controversial and limited. Lebanon鈥檚 complex politics have created an environment for contradictory policies, leaving... More

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Civil Society and the Politics of the Global Refugee Regime

Working Paper 15 James Milner,聽Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 杏吧原创 University,聽and Project Director, LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network Amanda Klassen,聽PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, 杏吧原创 University,聽and Project Officer, LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network... More

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Building Local Professional Learning Communities with and for Teachers in Refugee Camps – A Case Study on Hareed Primary School in Dadaab

Working Paper 14 Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/dqZfugjBK_Q   Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Repatriation as a Durable Solution: Refugee Perspectives on Repatriation Policies and Education in Dadaab Refugee Camp

Working Paper 16 Abulogn Okello, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/DHHRNAqxb38   Executive Summary As a result of domestic terror attacks in the last decades, Kenyan government officials and media outlets have begun to frame refugee camps as hotbeds of terror... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenya

Working Paper 13 Okello Mark Oyat, Founding Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/mwsGPL3YRts Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

The Causes of Female Student Dropout in a Secondary School in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of Kenya

Working Paper 12 Arte Saman Dagane, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Abdullahi Yussuf Aden, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/GqkEBifGB9M Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major... More

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