WORKING PAPERS

ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

Our Working Papers on Internal Displacement series publishes original research on internal displacement and internally displaced persons.

The series provides an Open Access platform for publishing high-quality paper-length research by members of the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website as well as by other researchers on internal displacement.

Working Papers are prominently displayed as a resource for scholars and practitioners worldwide. Papers may be submitted in English, French, Spanish or Arabic. See the criteria for publication here.

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As a ‘one-stop shop’ for outputs from the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website, the series also reprints Working Papers published by those networks, including the IDRP Working Paper Series and GENIDA Working Papers.

For further information, and to submit a paper to the Working Papers on Internal Displacement, please contact the series Editor:

Social Identity Theory and Internal Displacement: A Longitudinal Case Study of Iraqi Christians in Kurdistan

RID Working Paper No. 38

By Arianna Abdul-Nour

| October 12, 2023

This paper uses an empirical longitudinal study of Iraqi Christian IDPs to explore how internal displacement influences the construction of personal identity.

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Durable Solutions for IDPs: Normative Anchors in International Human Rights Law

RID Working Paper No. 37

By Deborah Casalin

| June 27, 2023

This paper explores the scope, content and nature of the normative basis for IDP solutions in international human rights law.

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Understanding IDPs in Nigerian Cities

RID Working Paper No. 36

By Rebecca Enobong Roberts and Taibat Lawanson

| May 30, 2023

This working paper presents new research investigating the experiences of internally displaced persons in four Nigerian cities: Lagos, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, and Onitsha.

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Resettlement and Climate Change Adaptation in Rwanda: The Case of Rweru Model Green Village

RID Working Paper No. 35

By Lisa Dale

| May 11, 2023

This pilot study looks at resettlement outcomes in Rweru Model Green Village in Rwanda, a planned relocation project that is part of the government-led Integrated Development Program, which intertwines climate adaption with poverty reduction and economic growth initiatives.

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Climate Adaptation, Maladaptation and (Im)mobility: Dynamics and Outcomes in Bangladesh

RID Working Paper No. 34

By Steven Miron

| February 1, 2023

This study highlights the pressing need to mainstream human (im)mobility into climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction policy and strategy. It also raises important questions relevant to the ‘climate migration as adaptation’ debate.

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Getting the Numbers Right: the Challenge of Measuring Durable Solutions for IDPs in Libya

RID Working Paper No. 33

By Sébastien Moretti

| January 9, 2023

This paper discusses key challenges in generating accurate and comparable national statistics on IDPs, and particularly in measuring solutions to internal displacement, in the context of recent developments in Libya

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Internal and international displacements in the framework of global dynamics

RID Working Paper No. 32

By Fabio Lozano

| December 12, 2022

This paper reviews internal and international forced displacement figures over the last three decades in order to propose new explanatory hypotheses that seek to go beyond existing views.

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Desplazamientos internos e internacionales en el marco de dinámicas globales

RID Working Paper No. 32

By Fabio Lozano

| December 12, 2022

Haciendo un seguimiento a las cifras de desplazamiento forzado interno e internacional durante las últimas tres décadas, este escrito plantea unas hipótesis explicativas que vayan más allá, sin menospreciarlas, de las miradas internas.

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Sexual, Reproductive and Menstrual Health of Internally Displaced Women and Girls in the Middle East: Gaps, Challenges and Recommendations

RID Working Paper No. 31

By Andisheh Jahangir

| November 14, 2022

This paper reviews the grey and peer-reviewed literature to evaluate gaps, challenges and current responses relating to the sexual, reproductive and menstrual health needs of women and girls impacted by internal displacement in the Middle East

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