Short Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, a short course by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 13-14 March 2020, at Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII), Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
About the course: This two-day short course places the Palestinian refugee case study within the broader context of the international human rights regime. It examines, within a human rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle Eastern states as they impinge upon Palestinian refugees. Through a mix of lectures, working group exercises and interactive sessions, participants engage actively and critically with the contemporary debates in international law and analyse the specific context of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza and Israel).
Please apply via the online application form at this link.
Call for papers: The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London 1-4 September 2020.
The Material Politics of Migration: methods, ethics and nonhuman life: The territorial extremes of nation states are not the only sites of border control. Instead, ‘the’ border has shattered (into) the fabric of everyday life. State borders are being increasingly mobile, pushed offshore and moved into camps, processing and detention centres, schools, workplaces and public transport systems. The body itself has also become wrapped up in the politics of border control, becoming written into the border through both biometric and as vision-enhancing technologies. In this session we explore how the splintering of the mobile border raises methodological, ethical and political questions concerning the role of the material in the context of border and migration research.
Bringing new materialism into conversation with critical geographical scholarship on migration, we ask: what does it mean to focus on materials as lively and agentic in de-humanising systems of border control? In a context where border control is increasingly defined by risk calculation, what ethical dilemmas might attending to the material evoke? What methodological questions does this raise? Furthermore, how does an appreciation that human life is always already folded through with nonhuman and more-than-human forces intersect with discussions of subjectivity and agency?
Deadline: January 20, 2020. Abstracts of 250 words should be emailed to dan.fisher@hutton.ac.uk and sarah.m.hughes@northumbria.ac.uk
Executive Training Seminar: Migration Communication Strategies: Effective Approaches to Depolarize the Debate, 2-3 April 2020
Immigration is a controversial issue that is polarizing societies. The rising salience of the immigration issue has evoked heated debates and the rise of hate speech. Additionally, it has also driven dissatisfaction with political elites and migrant advocates who are often perceived as out of touch with citizens’ concerns about immigration and diversity. As a result, we are facing a growing uncertainty about how to best communicate about immigration-related issues and how to reach out to segments of society that might be sceptical of immigration. Major stakeholders, institutions and organisations are now addressing this issue proactively. Governance actors working in the field of migration, however, are in need of more opportunities to develop practical skills to depolarize the debate. To foster social cohesion, narratives are needed that neither alienate affected migrants, nor people who have concerns about immigration. The Executive Training will develop and strengthen communication skills by providing in-depth insights into the factors that decisively shape how people perceive and react to immigration and ethno-cultural diversity. Subsequently, it will teach participants to identify and apply productive communications approaches towards migration-related issues in challenging contexts.
The early bird deadline: 31 January 2020. Click here for more.
Call for Sessions: PopGRG Research Group RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2020
The Population Geography Research Group invites proposals for sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2020. The conference will take place in London from Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 September 2020. The Conference welcomes sessions that reflect population issues and methodologies in the global South; sessions that use innovative formats and are convened in collaboration with other research groups. We also encourage sessions led by and focused on postgraduate research. The 2020 Conference Chair is Professor Uma Kothari (University of Manchester, UK) and the conference theme is borders, borderlands and bordering.
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Job opportunity: The UNICEF Evaluation Office is looking to recruit two international evaluators to work on a DFID-funded evaluation on children on the move in the Horn of Africa region (child protection focus). The evaluation is to start in February and run for about one year.
For Team Leader click here.
For Team Member, click here.
Deadline: 10 January 2020.
Call for papers: Conference on ‘Camps across the world: global and local perspectives’, University of Luxembourg, 3-4 July 2020
The conference is organised in the framework of the REFUGOV project supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and based at the University of Luxembourg. The conference is composed of 2 days. Academic panels will take place on Day 1, while ‘research meets practice’ events will take place on Day 2.
The academic panels of Day 1 will be organised around three interlinked themes:
- A more global analysis for studying camps, beyond that of the South/North divide
- The role of local actors in the management of camps
- Connections between camps and cities or towns
Please send an abstract of 250 words as well as biographical sketches to both lea.lemaire@uni.lu and lucas.oesch@uni.lu.
Deadline: 15 January 2020 - Read the full call here.
Upcoming Conference: Crossing Borders-Perspectives in Migration Research, University of Salzburg, 6th Biennial Conference on Migration and Integration Research in Austria, 16-18 September 2020
Numerous scholarly disciplines encounter each other within the field of Migration Research. Moreover, the theme of migration can be approached from at least three different perspectives: those of the host communities, of the societies of origin, and of the migrants themselves. Migrant researchers are challenged to integrate these perspectives into a coherent view, for instance that of transnationalism.
Deadline for proposals: January 27, 2020 - For more information click here.
Summer Course: The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada) is offering its annual Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration from May 4-8, 2020.
The Summer Course is an internationally acclaimed, non-credit course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. It serves as a hub for researchers, students, practitioners, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas.
2020 Summer Course topics will include:
. Legal approaches to refugee studies
. UNHCR, the Convention and the international refugee regime
. The Canadian asylum system
. Gender and forced migration
. Research ethics in forced migration
. Refugee status determination
. Community engagement and sexual orientation-based claims
. The Global Compact on Refugees
. Forced migration and the environment
Early Bird Deadline: February 1, 2020 - For more information, and to apply, please visit the website.
Job Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution is a leading center of policy-relevant scholarship exploring the rapidly re-ordering geopolitics of the great and major powers, and the disordering relations among states and transnational actors. Our scholars provide concrete policy recommendations for how U.S. strategy, the international security architecture, and key allies should adapt to changing threats and opportunities.
Foreign Policy at Brookings invites applications for the award of up to two full-time resident fellowships for policy-oriented post-doctoral research in the 2020-2021 academic year.
Deadline: January 10, 2020 - Click here for more information. Questions may be sent via email to ForeignPolicyPostDocs@brookings.edu
Call for Papers - The Migration Conference Call for Papers
The conference will take place in South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia from 2 to 5 June 2020. The Conference is a forum for discussion where experts, young researchers and students, practitioners and policy makers working in the field of migration are encouraged to exchange their knowledge and experiences in a friendly and frank environment. The conference is organised in thematic streams of parallel sessions focusing on migration, migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labour migrations, refugees, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants and wider impact of human mobility on sending, transit and receiving societies.
Deadline: January 5, 2020 - Click here for more information.
Call for Nominations: Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2020
IMISCOE has opened nominations for its 2020 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award. The Network has awarded this prize annually since 2010 to stimulate and recognise excellent PhD research in the field of migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. The 2020 competition is open to all PhD recipients whose dissertations were defended within the 24-month period before the deadline for submission of 15 January 2020. Applicants are invited to apply on their own behalf, although dissertation supervisors may also nominate candidates.
For application submissions and further questions email Warda Belabas at belabas@essb.eur.nl
Deadline for application: 15 January 2020 - For more information, click here.
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Refugees and Digital Work
Digital transformations are currently reshaping labour markets and employment opportunities around the world. However, to what extent does that hold true for the world’s refugees? This special issue will explore the diverse implications of this transformation on refugees, who often face severe restrictions to economic activity, financial inclusion, and a limited right to work. Articles might address one of the following questions: What do particular case studies tell us about the unique relationship between forced displacement and digital economies? How does the inclusion of refugees, and a perspective grounded in their experience, change established views on digital economies and the future of decent work? How do digital economies reshape the role of work within increasingly prolonged conditions of forced displacement? What are the risks and opportunities of digital work for refugees?
If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please submit the following to the issue editors Dr Andreas Hackl Andreas.hackl@ed.ac.uk and Dr Evan Easton-Calabria Evan.easton-calabria@qeh.ox.ac.uk
- A 500-750 word abstract including main research question, details on the empirical research, theoretical contribution, research methods, main findings, and conclusions
- Author CV
Deadline for submission: January 10, 2020.
Summer School: The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, Annual Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration, May 4-8, 2020
The Summer Course is an internationally acclaimed, non-credit course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. It serves as a hub for researchers, students, practitioners, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas. The Summer Course is housed within the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University (Toronto, Canada). All participants who complete the full course receive a York University Centre for Refugee Studies Summer Course Certificate.
Earlybird deadline: February 1, 2020- For more information, click here.
Job Opportunity: Communications and Admin Manager for SIRIUS Network
The selected candidate should ideally be able to start in February 2020. S/he will work 3 days per week. To apply, please read the Job description carefully and complete the Employment Application form, accompanied by your CV and cover letter.
Send application to sirius@sirius-network.org.
Deadline for applications: January 8, 2020 - For more information, click here.
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