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 →
New Workshop Report and Policy Brief: South-South Collaborations in Diplomatic and Humanitarian Responses to Conflict and Displacement
In a new Workshop Report, our Principal Investigator Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh critically examines the potential for South–South collaboration in diplomatic and humanitarian responses to ongoing and emerging crises in the Middle East and beyond. The Report presents key insights arising throughout a closed policy workshop co-convened on 26 February 2025 by Professor Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Dr Ghassan... 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 →
Syrian refugees and healthcare in Turkey
by Sara Al Helali As part of the Southern Responses to Displacement project, the research team has been examining responses developed by differently-positioned states (including host states) as well as by municipal and local-level actors, and of course refugees themselves. While Syrians registered under a Temporary Protection ID in Turkey can access free healthcare services... Continue Reading →
Revisiting the Syrian Experience: Agency, (non-)Return, and the Future
by Amal Shaiah Istanbouli As a researcher involved in the Southern Responses to Displacement project since 2020, I have had the unique opportunity to conduct around 70 interviews with refugees from Syria, local community members, and service providers, as well as helping to run participatory and writing workshops in both 2022 and 2025. Over the... Continue Reading →


