IDRP Launch: ‘Why Do We Need New Research on Internal Displacement?’ RSQ Special Issue

This event launches the Special Issue on ‘Improving Attention to Internal Displacement Globally’ – published by the Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) journal

Published on January 21, 2021

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Bringing together over 20 original peer-reviewed articles by researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, the new Special Issue contributes to renewed debate on policy challenges and solutions for the protracted crisis of internal displacement that affects tens of millions of people worldwide. Two Secretariat members of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (HLP), Greta Zeender (Head of Research and Outcomes) and Mark Yarnell (Research and Outcomes Officer), served as its guest editors.

Hosted by the Internal Displacement Research Programme the event draws on the Special Issue to debate the state of research on internal displacement: why is there so little research on the topic? Why does that matter for academic debate and practical action on IDPs? The event speaks directly to IDP and related fields, including refugees, development and peacebuilding.

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