RESEARCHING INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

Researching Internal Displacement connects researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, students, artists and people from displacement-affected communities with cutting-edge research, analysis, creative materials and other resources on internal displacement. It aims to raise the profile and understanding of internal displacement and the situations faced by IDPs globally.

El Salvador. Climate change in La Danta Mocha 2024 © UNHCR/Markel Redondo

Researching Internal Displacement is also a central hub for linked international research networks on internal displacement: Internal Displacement Research Programme (IDRP); Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa (GENIDA); Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement (MERNID); Latin American Network on Internal Displacement (LANID); and the Health and Internal Displacement Network (HIDN).

The site provides the networks with a shared webspace and facilitates sharing, reviewing and disseminating the latest research, writing and creative materials by their membership and by others interested in internal displacement. Each network is open to new members and promotes engagement with different aspects of internal displacement research, particularly by people living in countries affected by internal displacement. All networks host regular events, promote research and publication, and feed into policy and practice

Researching Internal Displacement is an independent site managed by the leads of each network working jointly with the editors on the website Coordination Team.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

By Tomas Balkelis | Jan 8, 2026
This brief article highlights the lesser-known deportations of people from Lithuania conducted in 1940-1950s by the Soviet authorities. The unlawful Soviet actions led to the forced displacement, imprisonment, and deaths of thousands of Lithuanians within the Soviet Union, resulting in significant shifts in political, cultural, and economic life in Lithuanian society. Since the Soviet government concealed the deportations until just before the Soviet Union's collapse, scholars are still at work analysing the deportations and their long-lasting consequences for the re-establishment of Lithuania's independence in 1990, for Lithuanian historical memory and national identity. This blog provides a glimpse into this tragic period in Lithuanian history.
By Steven Miron, Dyuti Tasnuva Rifat, Tanjib Islam | Oct 21, 2025
Foregrounding the voices of people living in three different communities of displacement in Bangladesh, this field research and advocacy report examines the nexus of climate change, loss and damage and displacement. This comprehensive report highlights promising interventions by Bangladeshi civil society organisations that have helped internally displaced people (IDPs) living in protracted displacement move toward durable solutions. It also examines positive developments on the policy front, including Bangladesh's fledgling National Strategy on Internal Displacement Management (NSIDM). At the same time, it calls attention to how Bangladesh's protracted displacement crisis remains under acknowledged and therefore under addressed in national policy and programming. The findings and recommendations in this report are intended to inform the UNFCCC's Loss and Damage mechanism – the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage (SNLD) and the Wa...

Our Funders

This platform was established with support from the UK Research
and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund (AH/T005351/1).

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IDRP

Internal Displacement Research Programme

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HIDN

Health and Internal Displacement Network

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GENIDA

Global Engagement
Network on Internal Displacement in Africa

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LANID

Latin American Network on Internal Displacement

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MERNID

Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement

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IDP TRAINING

Our free course in ‘Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection’

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IDRP

Internal Displacement Research Programme

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HIDN

Health and Internal Displacement Network

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GENIDA

Global Engagement
Network on Internal Displacement in Africa

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LANID

Latin American Network on Internal Displacement

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MERNID

Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement

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