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Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: the Refugee Research Network Susan McGrath, Michele Millard Centre for Refugee Studies

Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: the Refugee Research Network Susan McGrath, Michele Millard Centre for Refugee Studies York University. Canadian Association for Refugee & Forced Migration Studies University of Montreal, May 8, 2014. RRN (2008-2015):

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Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: the Refugee Research Network Susan McGrath, Michele Millard Centre for Refugee Studies

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  1. Mobilizing Knowledge Globally: the Refugee Research NetworkSusan McGrath, Michele MillardCentre for Refugee Studies York University

    Canadian Association for Refugee & Forced Migration Studies University of Montreal, May 8, 2014
  2. RRN(2008-2015): Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ($2.1m) Goal: To generate and mobilize knowledge among scholars, practitioners and policy actors to benefit people who have been forcibly displaced Participants: Canadian & international researchers NGO partners Government policy actors
  3. Key areas of focus & impact: Building research capacity within Canada Linking Canada to new & expanded networks of researchers and research centres (spanning Global South & North) Generation of new knowledge by clusters of researchers focused on major issues & practices Mobilization of new &existing knowledge to improve accessibility globally Development of model of individual & institutional partnership that strives to bridge the social & economic inequities inherent in “South/North” relationships
  4. Accomplishments & opportunities: Cross country collaborations of researchers Cross sectorial relationships with I/NGOs Some engagement of civil servants Innovative projects (BHER) and methodologies Engagement of new scholars Recognise importance of personal relationships and regular contact
  5. Outputs (to date): 39 grants with a value of $5.3 million 21 workshops & conferences 4 books (with at least 2 others planned) 3 special journal issues (with at least 2 others planned) 8 separate journal articles 5 reports 4 annotated bibliographies and/or literature reviews a new online journal: Refugee Review (http://refugeereview.wordpress.com/)
  6. RRN institutional network: African Centre for Migration and Society – Wits, Johannesburg (Loren Landau) Centre for Forced Migration Studies – Northwestern, Chicago (Galya Ruffer) Center for Migration and Refugee Studies – AUC, Cairo (Ibrahim Awad) Centre for Refugee Research – University of New South Wales, Sydney (Eileen Pittaway) Centre for Refugee Studies – York, Toronto (Jennifer Hyndman) Institute for Studies in International Migration – Georgetown, Washington (Susan Martin) Javeriana University – Bogotá (Roberto Vidal) Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group – Kolkata (Ranabir Samaddar) Refugee Law Project – Makerere, Kampala (Chris Dolan) Refugee Law Institute – London (David Cantor) Refugee Studies Centre – Oxford (Alex Betts) University of Tehran – Tehran (Jalal Abbasi)
  7. Regional & thematic networks: Asia Pacific Forced Migration Connection (APFMC) Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) http://www.carfms.org/ Latin American Network for Forced Migration (LANFM) http://redlatinoamericanamf.weebly.com/ New Scholars Network (NSN) http://newscholarsnetwork.wordpress.com/ Global Policy Network
  8. Research clusters: Refugee Settlement Age & Generation in the Context of Forced Migration Detention & Asylum (http://refugeeresearch.net/ms/detention/) Environmental Displacement Gender & Sexuality International Refugee Law Methodology & Production of Knowledge in Forced Migration Contexts
  9. RRN initiatives: Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) http://refugeeresearch.net/ms/bher/ Online Research & Teaching Tools (ORTT) http://rfmsot.apps01.yorku.ca/home/
  10. Knowledge Mobilization: RRN website (www.refugeeresearch.net) Multi-language (French, Spanish, Kiswahili, Arabic & English) Over 1,900 registered users 82,303 unique users since 2010 RRN Facebook page 1,245 participants RRN Twitter feed 1,424 followers
  11. Challenges & barriers to working collaboratively: Time Geographical spaces Language & cultural differences Economic inequalities & access to resources Academic hierarchies & fiscal constraints Technological limitations Institutional & regional demands & priorities Donor/funder demands
  12. Issues: Global North/South dichotomy useful anymore? Are there ‘global’ refugee research issues? Climate change and displacement; Longer term consequences of displacement; Migration and governance; Mixed migration flows; Statelessness What is role of CARFMS in supporting global knowledge mobilization and sharing?
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