MERNID
MIDDLE EAST RESEARCH NETWORK ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
The Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement (MERNID) is designed to build interdisciplinary research engagement and capacity on issues of internal displacement in the Middle East, including Afghanistan.
It includes members from academia, and practitioners from interdisciplinary fields and backgrounds including law, economics, health, social sciences, and arts and humanities. They are actively involved in the implementation and promotion of the MERNID’s activities such as webinars, podcasts and scoping studies. Currently, MERNID includes academics and activists from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen and others outside the region working on those countries. The network is led by Dr Hana Asfour, head of research and evaluation at Parallel Perspective Consultancy.
High-intensity armed conflicts in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, and in Afghanistan have pushed extraordinary levels of internal displacement in some of the countries in this part of the world over the past decade or two. Much of the displacement reflects a strongly sectarian and ethnic logic.
Laws and policies on internal displacement are relatively underdeveloped in these countries. However, despite an emerging community of researchers investigating refugee issues in this region, research on internal displacement in this particular region remains extremely limited. MERNID thus aims to develop a more robust research community on internal displacement in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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GENIDA CORE GROUP MEMBERS INCLUDE:
〉 Sabria Al-Thawr – Gender and Development Research and Studies Center (GDRSC), Sana’a University, Yemen
〉 Sherizaan Minwalla – American Human Rights Lawyer, Iraq
〉 Dr. Kamraran Palani – Research Fellow, Middle East Research Institute, Iraq
〉 Thomas McGee – PhD Researcher, University of Melbourne & MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati), UK
〉 Dr. Saja AL Zoubi – Development Economist, Gender and Forced Migration & Middle East Politics Lecturer, The University of Oxford, UK
〉 Mohamad Al-Ashmar – Syrian Centre for Policy Research – University of St Andrews, School of International Relations, Syria / UK
〉 Mhd Ekbal ANAK – Damascus University, Faculty of Law, Syrian Arab Republic
〉 Hedayat Siddiqi – Bilim Organization for Research and Social Science Studies, Afghanistan
〉 Shapoor Hamid – Billim Organization for Research and Social Studies, Afghanistan
〉 Dr. Christina Bache – United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education, Working Group on Business for Peace, Belgium
〉 Mairéad Smith – M.A./PhD student, Brown University, USA
〉 Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab – Director, Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University
〉 Rasha Kaloti – Global Health Consultant
〉 Dr.Mary Bunn – Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois
FUNDING
MERNID was initially supported by the UKRI GCRF INDCaP project grant.
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