In this report, Southern Responses to Displacement PI, Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, offers a critical reflection on humanitarianism under siege, in which the framing of “siege" is not treated as a temporary condition or even a military tactic, but rather as a governance model. This framing prompts a shift from the narrative of “how to deliver... Continue Reading →
New Research Report – Transregional Responses to Displacement: Aid, Advocacy and Accountability
While extensive attention has been given to regional responders in contexts of displacement, especially the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, there has been much less attention to responses developed and implemented on a transregional level. This Research Report (published in English and Arabic) draws on the Southern Responses to Displacement research project to posit the... Continue Reading →
Refugees’ Conceptualisations and Critiques of ‘the South’ and Southern Responses to Displacement: Research Note #1
Our Principal Investigator, Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, has published two new Research Notes drawing together key insights from the Southern Responses to Displacement project. Meanings of the South and Refugees’ Views of Southern Responses to Displacement: Research Note #1, available in English and in Arabic starts by exploring refugees’ and aid providers’ conceptualisations of 'the South'... Continue Reading →
South-South Solidarities and Intertwined Responses to Displacement in Gaza
South-South Solidarities and Intertwined Responses to Displacement in Gaza Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh – Principal Investigator of the Southern Responses to Displacement project Introduction As the Southern Responses to Displacement (SOURCED) project has been exploring since 2017, states, organisations and civil society networks from across the so-called ‘Global South’, as well as locally based communities and... Continue Reading →
Southern Responses to Displacement 