The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 140 NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Acker, S. (2023). Beauty and beautification in refugees’ lives and their implications for refugee policy. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 39(1), 1–46. This article seeks to understand the significance of everyday beauty in refugees’ lives and its implications for refugee policy. It demonstrates how beauty and beautification play an ac ..read more

Anyiel Mayik harvests her one feddan farm in Mapeer-amaal, Turalei Payam of Twic County, Warrap State. Photo: Mamer Abraham In a long swamp commonly known as Toch that stretches from Turalei in Warrap State to Bentiu in Unity State and possibly beyond according to residents, women soak feet in flood water. They are baked as the scorching sun reveals its handsome face adorned with piercing rays and the tattered clouds, but with high hopes that at least they will reap sheaves when flood continues. Their mindset no longer curses away floods, rather wishes floods last longer in order for them to r ..read more

“I am really happy about the school feeding programme and this is really a very much need for the students who are coming for learning. Because when the students come for learning, and then they have food, they get all the nutrition that are needed, and the physical strength they are in need.” Principal of Christ the King Primary School. https://www.ssbulletin.com/school-feeding-scales-up-enrolment-in-gogrial/ The post School feeding scales up enrolment in Gogrial appeared first on Refugee Research Network ..read more

“We started introducing these new crops three years ago and in Twic we are supporting 22,000 households with different variety of crops including rice, we are doing cassava, we are doing in sweet potatoes, so these all with an intention to be able to get food for their houses.” WFP Deputy Head of Programme in Kuajok, Warrap State. https://www.ssbulletin.com/malnutrition-wanes-as-wfp-introduces-vegetable-farming/ The post Malnutrition wanes in Warrap as WFP introduces vegetable farming appeared first on Refugee Research Network ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 139 A message from the RRN Team We want to warmly welcome everyone to the new academic year, even though it is a bit belated. As the world keeps experiencing significant events, the importance of conducting strong research on refugee matters, displacement, and resilience has never been more critical. Therefore, we are thrilled to announce that our RRN Research Digest will o ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 138 Dear RRN colleagues and friends near and far, This issue concludes the 2022-223 academic year as we break for the summer with a planned return in September 2023. Thank you to our readers  for your continued interest and support, and our contributors for  sharing your innovative refugee research with us! We look forward to continuing to mobilize knowledge toget ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 137 NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Eleanor Paynter (2022). Testimony on the Move: Navigating the Borders of (In)visibility with Migrant -Led Soundwalks, a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, 37(1), 129-152. With the Rome-based soundwalk initiative “Invisible Guides,” migrant narrators lead neighbourhood tours, recounting Roman history while witnessing their o ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 136 NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Ata, A. (2023). Transnational Migration, Diaspora, and Identity: A Study of Kurdish Diaspora in London. This book explores a common but almost forgotten historical argument that positions the Kurds as powerless victims of the First World War (WW1). The author examines Kurdish diaspora integration and identity in some major cities in Sweden ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 135 NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Elcioglu, E. F., & Shams, T. (2023). Brokering immigrant transnationalism: Remittances, family reunification, and private refugee sponsorship in neoliberal Canada. Current Sociology. Using the case study of Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program, the authors show how neoliberalization heightens the power of non-immigrant civilians ..read more

The RRN Research Digest provides a synopsis of recent research on refugee and forced migration issues from entities associated with the RRN and others. You can download the digest in PDF format here: RRN Research Digest No. 133 NEW RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Lokot, M. (2022). Unravelling Humanitarian Narratives: Gender Norm Change during Displacement?. Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, 4(2), 22-31. The paper examines how colonial and neoliberal imperatives influence dominant gender narratives about refugees and IDPs. Based on ethnographic data from Syrian refugees in Jordan and intervi ..read more