06 December 2024 Financing responses to forced displacement crises The latest issue of Forced Migration Review explores how displacement response is financed and the implications for forcibly displaced people and host communities.
11 September 2024 What's next? ODID research on global issues: refugee studies In the latest video in our series exploring how the multiple crises facing the world, from the pandemic to climate change, are transforming the issues we work on, Alexander Betts, Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, discusses the impact on refugee studies.
13 June 2024 How digital technologies are transforming refugees’ experiences The latest issue of Forced Migration Review considers the double-sided nature of digital technologies and their implications for displaced people across the globe.
14 March 2024 Can financial redistribution shape attitudes toward refugees? A series of experiments examined how greater knowledge of 'aid-sharing', financial redistribution and mentorship impacted attitudes towards refugee integration in Uganda.
07 December 2023 South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic A new White Paper offers impractical solutions to imagined issues, whilst ignoring the potential benefits of immigration.
29 September 2023 Exploring Ukraine’s displacement crisis: insights and implications The war on Ukraine has caused levels of forced displacement not seen in Europe since World War II. The latest issue of Forced Migration Review provides insights and explores the implications.
24 May 2023 Let refugees be economic contributors: a personal perspective MPhil in Development Studies student Matai Muon reflects on the barriers he encountered as a refugee in Kenya seeking education and employment, and argues new changes to the law there must be fully applied to enable others to fulfil their potential.
28 April 2023 Netflix’s Transatlantic is great consumer surplus for those interested in migration Carlos Vargas-Silva gets more than he expected – including a very late night – out of a glitzy new streaming series about the predecessor to the International Rescue Committee.
22 March 2023 Forging new lives: Congolese refugees as digital creators From supporting widows to promoting comedy acts, innovative YouTube channels launched by refugees in Nairobi are helping them gain both an income and a sense of belonging.
10 May 2023 Humanitarian aid as performance? When refugees use humanitarian assistance in rational but unexpected ways, aid agencies often fail to understand this “off script” response. Identifying the roles actors in the aid system are expected to perform can help address mismatches between them.
