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This Week at Leir
January 30, 2023
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Katrina Burgess
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 Dr. Katrina Burgess is an Associate Professor of Political Economy and has served as Director of the Leir Institute since 2020. The Fletcher School recently profiled her work underscoring the human cost of immigration policies, particularly in Latin America & the U.S.
“Politicians are responding to, but also churning up, certain responses to migration that enable less than humane immigration policies. A lot of the battle is to change the narrative about how people think about migrants and migration. It’s not about facts and figures,” she said. “Is there a way we can think about shifting migration narratives in different localities where there’s the potential to change minds, but the minds aren’t changed yet?”
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Join current Fletcher students presenting dissertation research supported by the Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security. This is a virtual event hosted via Zoom.
- Jared Miller - Foundations of Accountable Governance: The Impact of Peacebuilding on Accountable Governance in Nigeria
- Aruni Jayakody - Commitment and Compliance: Impact of International Human Rights Commitments in Sri Lanka and Nepal
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About the speaker: Susan Akram is a Clinical Professor at the Boston University School of Law and the Director of the International Human Rights Clinic. Her research and publications focus on immigration, asylum, refugee, forced migration, and human and civil rights issues, with an interest in the Middle East, the Arab, and Muslim world. She is currently leading the "Refugees Revitalizing Emptied Spain" project, which would place refugees and asylum seekers in municipalities that are struggling to survive in the face of massive population loss, as young people move to larger cities in search of economic opportunities.
This is an in-person event with a virtual open.
Sponsored by the Inter-University Committee on International Migration. For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact svanmell@mit.edu.
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ANNOUNCING TWO NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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This four-part seminar will provide participating Fletcher students with a working knowledge of durable solutions concepts, frameworks, policies, and practices, as well as key topics in today’s durable solutions discourse. Students who complete the seminar will be able to incorporate a durable solutions perspective in their own work; identify key durable solutions actors, laws, frameworks, and processes; and will be able to articulately discuss durable solutions with colleagues and potential employers.
Application Process: Interested students should apply by end of day Friday, February 3, 2023. Selected (15) and waitlisted (5) applicants will be notified by Friday, February 10, 2023.
Questions? Please contact to Jacob Ewing, Leir Project Manager (jacob.ewing@tufts.edu) or Danielle Demers, Instructor (danielle.demers@tufts.edu).
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The Leir Institute is pleased to sponsor three Fletcher students’ participation in Cristosal Global School Honduras: Root Causes of Migration. The five-day seminar, held June 18-23, 2023 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, examines current realities on the ground that confront displaced populations and those who seek asylum in other countries. The course emphasizes understanding asylum in the U.S. through the framework of international humanitarian protection. It will examine the Honduran context, root causes, and triggers that contribute to forced displacement and asylum-seeking in other countries through a human rights-based perspective.
Questions? Please contact to Jacob Ewing, Leir Project Manager, at jacob.ewing@tufts.edu.
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EU wants to send more migrants away as irregular arrivals grow
Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters
"European Union ministers on Thursday sought ways to curb irregular immigration and send more people away as arrivals rose from pandemic lows, reviving controversial ideas for border fences and asylum centres outside of Europe."
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Emergency Women's Protection and Empowerment Coordinator
International Rescue Committee
New York City, NY | Part-Time
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. The IRC’s Global Surge Team (GST) is a roster of esteemed and highly qualified humanitarian professionals who deploy on short notice to non-emergency and emergency contexts to support the IRC’s mission.
The Emergency Women’s Protection and Empowerment Coordinator, Global Surge is responsible leading WPE programming in acute emergency responses. This may include rapid assessment, program start-up, strategy development, proposal development, technical oversight, staff recruitment and management, budget management, grants compliance and local partner relations. A successful candidate will demonstrate track record working independently in fast-paced environments and applying creative, flexible design to women’s protection and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) response programming in humanitarian contexts.
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Check out these postings related to migration and human security.
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Multiple Positions
Carnegie Endowment for Intl. Peace
Full-Time, Part-Time
Deadline: Rolling
External Relations Officer (Partnership & Outreach)
OHCHR
Washington D.C. | Full-Time
Deadline: 17 February 2023
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Program Assistant (U.S. & Asia)
Witness
Multiple Locations | Full-Time
Deadline: Rolling
Intern, Gender at the Center Initiative (GCI) and Research & Development-Dakar
UNESCO
Dakar, Senegal | Full-Time
Deadline: Rolling
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