Amid shrinking foreign aid, how can we sustain funding for projects to tackle climate mobility, and ensure funding is used efficiently? Our new MigrationPolicy Inst brief with Samuel Davidoff-Gore reviews the funding landscape & recommends ways to strengthen the donor field ⬇️

Special Issue: Refugee Resettlement as an Institution Waithood and Creativity in the Absence of #Resettlement: Evidence from “Residual” #LiberianRefugees in Nigeria Author: Tosin Samuel Durodola University of Edinburgh Coming soon! #ProtractedDisplacement #Cessation #Waiting

In a new post, Jeff Crisp critiques the UNHCR's new 'whole of route' approach: • it primarily responds to Global North concerns • it seems to revive an already tried policy that had doubtful results • its vague wording leaves many questions unanswered rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/07/the…

#ERSNew #ERSSpecialIssue🐣🔓 When resettlement is unattainable, how do refugees reimagine "waithood" as resistance? 'Tosin Durodola, School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, explores in his latest paper the resilience and agency of post-cessation Liberians in Nigeria, transforming precarity into

Can people who have fled from severe economic deprivation be sent back to their country of origin? academic.oup.com/ijrl/article/3…

📢Calling prospective authors! Apply for our Author Workshop and get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the Intl Journal of Refugee Law in a collaborative environment. Deadline 12 Sep 2025. Find out more & apply: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/call-for-…

Conflict, violence & disasters are the main drivers of internal displacement. We monitor internal displacement globally to: 📊Reveal its scale 👥 Show impacts on communities 📝 Inform policies & solutions Data is key to finding lasting solutions for internally displaced people.

Are any of UNHCR's policies and initiatives being applied in this situation? Urban refugee policy. Policy on alternatives to camps. Global Compact on Refugees. Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework.

🚨 Call for Applications: African Leadership Centre Peace, Security & Development Fellowships 2025/2026 Are you a young African or Global South scholar passionate about transformative leadership? Apply now and be part of the next generation shaping Africa's future. 📅 Deadline:18 May 2025 🔗

📣 Call for Papers 📣 The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre is pleased to announce a 1-day Symposium on 'Popular Culture and World Politics: Portraying War, Conflict & Political Violence' 📅 24/7/25 at Stewart House, London ⏳ Submission deadline: 23/6/25 Full CfP 👇

I am pleased to join the Albright Stonebridge Group Albright Stonebridge Group and DGA as a Senior Advisor, alongside distinguished colleagues from around the world. I look forward to contributing to the firm’s global mission of navigating complex challenges and advancing strategic solutions. Read

📢 Breaking! Ekiti and Kaduna leads Q4 2024 States Fiscal Transparency ranking! Anambra holds strong at 2nd place, while Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, and Edo tie in 3rd place. Kano secures 4th, Osun takes 5th, and Delta climbs to 6th! Wait! Can you see what we are seeing? All

1. Governor Kayode Fayemi – Ekiti State (2012) Kayode Fayemi Fayemi was the first Nigerian governor to launch a large-scale laptop distribution program to secondary school students. He distributed 11,000 laptops in the first phase (eventually 33,000), in partnership with Samsung and

.Center for Global Development's Migration & Displacement Team are hiring a summer intern this year, to focus on legal labour migration. 8 weeks, paid, London based. Please apply! (Plus there are other cool internships in global health & climate finance!) …erforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/Obth6APk…

New paper out! 🎉 What are migration capabilities and how can we measure them? I introduce a new framework for understanding global migration capabilities, explore key methodological challenges and outline directions for future research. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Internal displacement is a growing global challenge, but it’s one we can solve 🤝 With political will and sustained financing, governments and their partners can invest in solutions and reverse the trend of rapidly growing displacement. Learn more in our report ⬇️

The World Bank has released their IDA21 plans, with the $2.4bn Window for Host Communities and Refugees now part of a broader regional window. In this new Center for Global Development blog, Thomas Ginn and I spell out the good, the bad, and where to go from here. cgdev.org/blog/window-ho…

NEW CFP – SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSAL Contested Categories: Rethinking Labels, Recognition, and Protection We invite extended abstracts for a proposed special issue exploring how displacement-related labels are created, contested, and navigated. Contributions across disciplines and

#ERSNewIssue 📣 #ERSSpecialIssue V.48, Issue 12 is now live! Refugee resettlement is a dynamic institution shaped by refugees, policies & global networks. Authors reveals how resettlement is strategized, contested & imagined—even from the Global South: tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/48/…

Hearty congratulations to my mentee, Dr Tosin Durodola 'Tosin Durodola for successfully defending his PhD dissertation - “Does Refugeehood Ever End? Cessation, homing, labelling, and resettlement dreams among post-cessation Liberians in Nigeria’ at the Centre for African