New Scholars Network

A major objective of the RRN is to support and promote the work of new scholars, especially graduate students, undertaking research in the field of forced migration studies. It is anticipated that new scholars will participate in the development of research projects and networks, the online community, and in learning about optimizing information technology to connect with colleagues around the world. Students will engage with the global partners in the Cluster meetings and attend the annual conferences hosted by associations such as CARFMS and IASFM. Finally, all of the research centres involved as partners are prepared to host a visiting student and funding will be sought to enable these exchanges among the various Network sites. As a result of this initiative, students will be more effectively connected to a global network of scholars, practitioners and policy makers, will have more ready access to current research issues and findings, and more vehicles (print and online) to present their own work.
 
The New Scholars Network (NSN) is currently being developed under the leadership of PhD candidate Paula Popovici (paulap@yorku.ca). The NSN even has its own Facebook Group! To join, please go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30614536012.

The Social Capital of Refugees: Cultural Background and Public Policy

Posted Tue, 2010/04/13 - 10:03 by apacifico
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/04/13 (All day)

This book, written in Portuguese, is a result of a PhD dissertation defended in 2008 about the integration of refugees in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and in Toronto, Canada. It characterizes the global refugee regime, the Brazilian and the Canadian societies and how refugees are integrated there. Then, it deals with the social capital produced by refugees there and the extent to what this amount of social capital is a result of the cultural background that refugees bring with them from the country of origin or is a result of the public policy adopted in the host place.

Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration (1-15 December 2010)

Posted Mon, 2010/04/12 - 06:02 by ishitadey
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/12/01 (All day)

Applications are invited for the Eighth Winter Course on Forced Migration to be held in Kolkata, India (1-15 December 2010).

 

THE CONCEPT OF MIXED MIGRATION: REFLECTING ON TODAY'S MIGRATORY POLICIES, MOVEMENTS AND PARADIGMS SHIFTS

Posted Thu, 2010/04/01 - 11:32 by JeromeMigration
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/04/08 (All day)

Public Conference

Date: 8-9 April 2010, 9h-18h - Full Program [PDF]

Burundi: 155,000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship

Posted Fri, 2010/03/12 - 17:53 by kaduuli

 About 155,000 Burundian refugees, seeking Tanzanian citizenship, have had their requests granted, according to a communiqué from the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), published on Thursday in Bujumbura, the Burundi capital.

Some of the refugees fled from Burundi in the 1970s because of the ethnic clashes there.

Remittances update -- Africa General

Posted Thu, 2010/03/11 - 02:20 by kaduuli

 Remittances update

Global Integrity releases 2009 report on corruption

Posted Wed, 2010/02/24 - 13:14 by kaduuli

 Global Integrity released its 2009 Report on corruption on 23/02/2010.

South Africa to send 22 Ugandans home

Posted Tue, 2010/02/02 - 14:25 by kaduuli

 

Open Centres for Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees in Europe

Posted Fri, 2010/01/08 - 19:39 by Thomas Bobby Cameron

INTRODUCTION:

I am in the process of completing a literature review on the Open Centre in Europe. This research is a part of my Major Research Paper for the Master of Arts in Public Policy program at Ryerson University. I have listed this as a forum topic to allow other researchers who know of key pieces of literature on this topic to post the titles here. I have attached my research proposal to this forum as well as copy and pasted it below. Thank you for your input on this matter. Please feel free to comment or critique any information posted here. I can be contacted at thomas.cameron@ryerson.ca

[note from RRN Admin: to add content to this forum, just click on the "Add new comment" link at the bottom of the post.]

E-Journal

Posted Sat, 2009/12/12 - 17:54 by cuneoss

The Refugees Research Network (RRN) is proud to announce that it will be launching a graduate-run e-journal on the topic of refugees and forced migration this spring, and we need your input!

 

The New Scholars Network Needs Your Help!

Posted Mon, 2009/11/16 - 20:37 by cuneoss
The New Scholars Network Needs Your Help! The New Scholars Network is part of the Refugee Research Network, dedicated to students, practitioners, and policy makers in junior positions working in the field of forced migration and refugee studies.

Think piece on research clusters

Posted Mon, 2009/11/02 - 16:13 by Oana Petrica

Scholars writing on research clusters seem to agree that the diversity of the geographic concentration of interconnected universities, research centers, private companies, suppliers, service providers, NGOs in a particular field tends to benefit the productivity of research clusters (Descrochers, Sautet, Hospers, 2008, p. 243). In fact, they support the idea that the larger the diversity in a cluster, the better.

Sudanese Refugee Shares his Story of Escape to Israel

Posted Sat, 2009/10/03 - 19:39 by cuneoss

Gabriel Kuol is a refugee from Sudan who has been residing in Jerusalem for the past three years. The nephew of John Garang, former Vice President of Sudan and founder of the South Sudan Liberation Movement, he is a charismatic leader who refuses to give up on his people and country.

Due to increasing levels of violence directed at African refugees by the Egyptian authorities, it is estimated that 17 000-20 000 displaced persons, largely from Sudan and Eritrea, have fled from Egypt into Israel since 2007. Here, Gabriel describes his escape.

Call for Editors: Journal for Internal Displacement

Posted Fri, 2009/07/10 - 14:52 by mmillard
Deadine / Event Date: 
2009/07/10 - 14:45

Brief Summary
Migration within borders has become a major global health concerns as people are forced to leave their place of habitual residence because of war, internal conflict, development, poverty, natural disaster, modernization, climate

Syndicate content