CFD 2022-2023 Annual Report
CFD was launched in July 2022, and our initiatives, events, and activities have brought together students and scholars from across the campus and around the world to create new knowledge, constructively critique existing approaches, and engage in rigorous research that improves lives. In this first Annual Report, we look back at the past year […]
Call for Applications – Post-Doctoral Fellow (Sawyer Seminar)
Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement Accepting Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement (CFD; www.bu.edu/cfd) invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral scholar position supporting a seminar on EU and US Border Regimes as they impact migrants and asylum seekers traveling through Central America and the Balkan states. The CFD […]
Call for Applications – Post-Doctoral Fellow
Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement Accepting Applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement (CFD; www.bu.edu/cfd) invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral scholar position developing new projects with a focus on migrants and displaced people in or traveling through Turkey and the Balkans. The CFD Post-doctoral Fellow will have […]
Call For Applications – STEM Postdoctoral Associate Position
The Center on Forced Displacement (CFD; www.bu.edu/cfd ) at Boston University is seeking a postdoctoral associate for a unique opportunity at the interface of science, public health, policy and forced displacement. The post-doctoral associate will conduct original research at the interface of disease dynamics, forced displacement and access to care among refugees, internally displaced and […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Isabella Trombetta, Postdoctoral Associate
The Newsletter Team set down for an interview with our Postdoctoral Associate, Isabella Trombetta, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD: Tell us a bit about yourself: I am from Reggio Calabria, a beautiful city in the south of Italy, right across […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Christine Luccini, Finance and Operations Manager
The Newsletter Team set down for an interview with our Finance and Operations Manager, Chrissy Luccini, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD: Tell us a bit about yourself: Where are you from? I was born in New York but now live […]
STEM Education and Forced Displacement – Workshop Reflections
On March 9-10, 2023, the Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) at Boston University and the Committee on Human Rights (CHR) of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop about STEM education and forced displacement. The workshop brought together experts in the fields of engineering, human rights, forced displacement, and pedagogy […]
Addressing Challenges of Forced Displacement through STEM Education: Collaborative Initiative With National Academies
Engineering a Holistic Response to the Global Crisis of Forced Displacement
CFD Team Spotlight: Muhammad Zaman, CFD Director
The Newsletter Team set down for an interview with our Director, Muhammad Zaman, for an interview about his research, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD: Where are you from? I was born in Pakistan, in the capital city Islamabad, in 1977 and grew up there. That city still […]