The Project

Mobilizing a Global Knowledge Cluster

The Refugee Research Network (RRN) has been created to mobilize and sustain a Canadian and international network of researchers and research centres committed to the study of refugee and forced migration issues and to engaging policy makers and practitioners in finding solutions to the plight of refugees and displaced persons.
 

Project Description

The Refugee Research Network (RRN) will address a specific range of refugee issues: In/security and refugee protection, Refugee resettlement, Settlement and Integration, Protracted refugee situations, internally displaced populations, Extraterritorial refugee status determination procedures and the externalization of asylum, Environmental and development induced displacement, Critical issues in international refugee law, as well as other new and emerging issues.

Project Background

As a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention, a major location for the resettlement of refugees, host of an internationally recognized refugee status determination system, and a prominent actor in the international system with a stated commitment to humanitarian issues, Canada is well positioned to provide leadership in standard setting and implementation in research, practice and policy to address the root causes of forced migration and refugee flows, to support resettlement when required, and to develop more predictable, effective and comprehensive solutions to the plight of refugees and for

Project Summary

The Refugee Research Network (RRN) has been created to mobilize and sustain a Canadian and international network of researchers and research centres committed to the study of refugee and forced migration issues and to finding solutions to the plight of refugees. As an established hub of scholarly activity internationally, the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) at York University is well-placed to stimulate this knowledge mobilization process. Our goal is to build a network of networks which will produce, share, and consolidate knowledge across space, as well as globalize knowledge production.

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