‘How Did it Feel to Ask those Questions?’ – An Email Exchange about Experiencing Research on Displacement.

In this post Hanna Schneider and her colleague Israa Sadder share an email exchange in which they discuss conducting research with Syrian refugees living in Jordan. The exchange describes the relationships developed both between researchers and intermediaries, and between researchers, intermediaries and their interlocutors. These research relationships raise multiple questions regarding how working as an... Continue Reading →

June 23, 2020 0

Dr Estella Carpi offers seminar on The Syrian Exodus in Lebanon and Turkey. Humanitarian Aid, Governance and Social Spaces

On Friday 22 May 2020, from 11.30am - 1pm GMT, Dr. Estella Carpi, Southern Responses Research Associate, will teach a seminar class titled: The Syrian Exodus in Lebanon and Turkey. Humanitarian Aid, Governance and Social Spaces. The event is free and hosted at the Faculty of Historical, Geographic, and Antiquity Sciences at the University of... Continue Reading →

May 21, 2020 0

Migration, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of Knowledge – An Interview with Juliano Fiori

This piece reflects on Eurocentrism and coloniality in studies of and responses to migration. Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh interviews Juliano Fiori, Head of Studies (Humanitarian Affairs) at Save the Children, about debates relating to the politics of knowledge and the urgency of anti-colonial action. Fiori discusses the ideological and epistemological bases of responses to migration, why... Continue Reading →

May 15, 2020 0

‘Recentering the South in Studies of Migration’: 2020 Migration and Society Special Issue published

The Southern Responses to Displacement project is pleased to announce that the Open Access Special Issue 3 of Migration and Society, examining the question of “Recentering the South in Studies of Migration,” is now available to read here. The issue examines this question by asking: What does it mean to “recenter” that which has, and... Continue Reading →

May 6, 2020 1

Introduction: Recentering the South in Studies of Migration

What or who does the ‘global South’ refer to and should it be ‘recentred’ in migration studies? In this abridged version of her introduction to the new 2020 Open Access Special Issue of the Migration and Society journal on this topic (here), Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh sets out the diverse ways that scholars have sought to... Continue Reading →

May 6, 2020 1

Who is empowered?

In this piece, Tessa Ubels traces the use of the word ‘empowerment’ within the context of humanitarian responses to refugees in Lebanon. Drawing on her fieldwork in Beirut, and applying Deepa Narayan-Park’s conceptual framework, Tessa critically assesses the effectiveness of the focus on ‘empowerment’ within the humanitarian network of international and local organisations responding to... Continue Reading →

April 30, 2020 0

The opportunities and challenges of working with local faith actors in urban humanitarian response

Religious belief and practice are part of any urban humanitarian context, both for practitioners and for those affected by the crisis. Ignoring it, or pushing it to one side, will not make it go away but instead, as Dr Olivia Wilkinson argues, can lead to further mistakes and misunderstandings down the line. In this blog... Continue Reading →

April 29, 2020 0

Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh discusses Covid-19 on Channel 4 News

Southern Responses to Displacement PI Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, on Channel 4 News, discusses how Covid-19 is impacting people living in poverty around the world. Prof. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh highlights the diversity of national and international responses to the pandemic, including by Low and Middle Income Countries. Drawing on her work on South-South Cooperation and Southern-led responses to... Continue Reading →

April 27, 2020 0

National and Local Responses to Support Syrian Refugees in Turkey in the times of COVID-19

It is vital that responses to the COVID-19 pandemic support rather than undermine the rights and needs of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs. In this piece, the second in a two-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Selma Akay Erturk traces the ways that different institutions... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2020 3

‘How Did it Feel to Ask those Questions?’ – An Email Exchange about Experiencing Research on Displacement.

Migration, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of Knowledge – An Interview with Juliano Fiori

‘Recentering the South in Studies of Migration’: 2020 Migration and Society Special Issue published

Introduction: Recentering the South in Studies of Migration

Who is empowered?

The opportunities and challenges of working with local faith actors in urban humanitarian response

Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh discusses Covid-19 on Channel 4 News

National and Local Responses to Support Syrian Refugees in Turkey in the times of COVID-19

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