human security

Critical Climatics, Forced Migration and Social Justice

Submitted by rrn-owner on mer, 2011/07/27 - 17:22

United Nations Secretary General, declaring 2009 as the year of Climate Change, has called for 'responsibility to protect' in the realm of human rights and 'responsibility to deliver' in larger sphere of common international action. Anthropogenic climate change leads to biophysical transformation on the global scale engendering localised stresses in the forms of coastal erosion, ice melt, infertile land and deteriorating water sources.These stresses threaten critical minimum basic needs of vulnerable socities without the capabilities of adaption and resilence.

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Energy and Human Security Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Submitted by adbcook on mar, 2009/12/15 - 20:52

Primary Institution:

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

Applicants are expected to have a good understanding of the existing research and issues in energy and human security. A relevant PhD and a good publication record are essential. Related experience and knowledge of regional cooperative frameworks in ASEAN and Asia would be an advantage.

Langue Undefined

Singapore

Resource Type:

Post-Doctoral Program

human security

Energy Security

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Unsafe Haven: The Security Challenges Facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey

Submitted by mmillard on ven, 2009/07/31 - 16:20

Primary Author(s):

Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Turkey; Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration

Langue Undefined

A joint publication of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Turkey and
Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration

Date Released:

ven, 2009/07/31 (All day)

http://www.hyd.org.tr/?pid=752

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Changing Roles, Shifting Risks: Livelihood Impacts of Disarmament in Karamoja, Uganda

Deadine / Event Date:

2009/07/31 (All day)

peter.walker@tufts.edu

Langue Undefined

Event type:

Geographical Locations:

Uganda

Karamoja

Changing Roles, Shifting Risks: Livelihood Impacts of Disarmament in Karamoja, Uganda

Submitted by mmillard on ven, 2009/07/31 - 15:33

Primary Author(s):

Stites, Elizabeth; Akabwai, Darlington

Primary Institution:

Feinstein International Centre

Langue Undefined

Date Released:

ven, 2009/07/31 (All day)

http://fic.tufts.edu

http://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/FIC/Changing+Roles%2C+Shifting+Ris...

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The Foreigner and the Right to Justice in the Aftermath of September 11th

Submitted by mmillard on jeu, 2009/06/18 - 18:14

Primary Author(s):

CRÉPEAU, François

Langue Undefined

Breakfast on the Hill Lecture Series, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Parliamentary Restaurant, May 19, 2005

Federal Government of Canada

Date Released:

jeu, 2009/06/18 (All day)

http://www.fedcan.ca

http://www.fedcan.ca/english/pdf/advocacy/BOHCrepeau0505.pdf

Canada

Resource Type:

Paper

Unpublished/"grey literature"

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Controlling Irregular Migration in Canada: Reconciling Security Concerns with Human Rights Protection

Submitted by mmillard on jeu, 2009/06/18 - 18:11

Primary Author(s):

CRÉPEAU, François; NAKACHE Delphine

(2006) 12 (1)

Resource entered into RRN database, and linked to external source but not in institutional repository.

Langue Undefined

Date Released:

jeu, 2009/06/18 (All day)

Institute for Research on Public Policy

http://www.irpp.org/indexe.htm

Resource Type:

irregular immigration

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Researcher: Peter Nyers

Given Name:

Peter

Emplacement

Department of Political Science, McMaster University

1280 Main Street West

L8S 4M4 Hamilton, ON

Canada

43° 15' 28.5408" N, 79° 55' 2.1792" W

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Surname:

Nyers

Langue Undefined

Job Title:

Associate Professor

Discipline:

Political Science

Institution(s):

Department of Political Science, McMaster University

Education:

2002 Ph.D. Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

2002 Graduate Diploma in Refugee & Migration Studies, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada

1995 M.A. Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Program in Contemporary Social and Political Thought, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

1993 B.A. Political Science & History, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Credentials:

Memberships:

Current Research Projects:

2008-15 Susan McGrath (PI), Peter Nyers (Collaborator), and others Research Cluster Grant, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada ‘A Refugee Research Network: Globalizing Knowledge $2,100,000

2004-09 Peter Nyers Standard Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ‘Cosmopolitan Interventions: Human Insecurity, Protection, Autonomy’ $71,613

2008-09 Peter Nyers, Faculty Seed Grants Program, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition ‘Irregular Citizenship’ $2,500 Grant to study the making and unmaking of Canadian citizenship

Completed Research Projects:

2005-06 Peter Nyers (PI) and Cynthia Wright Research Grant, Centre for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement ‘Access Not Fear: Non-Status Immigrants and City Services’ $14,000

2004-05 Cynthia Wright (PI) and Peter Nyers Research Grant, Centre for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement ‘The History of Regularization Programs in Canada, 1960-2004’ $10,000

2004-05 William Coleman (PI), Peter Nyers (Collaborator) and others Globalization & Autonomy MCRI, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ‘The Politics of Autonomy in Undocumented Immigrant Movements’ $2,500,000

2004-05 Peter Nyers Research Grant, Arts Research Board ‘Non-Status Immigrants: Exploring Models for Regularization’ $6,460 2003-04 Peter Nyers Research Grant, Arts Research Board & Office of the Dean of Arts ‘Cosmopolitan Interventions: Human Insecurity, Protection, Autonomy’ $7,000

Phone (work):

+1 905 525-9140 ext. 23887

Keywords/phrases:

Areas of Research Expertise:

Policy

Geographical Locations:

Canada