Reflections From the Border Studies Program in Texas by Baiden Wright
Does a single day of volunteering actually “help” anyone seeking refuge at the border? Do we have the capacity to actually make a difference in what seems to be an increasingly polarized political climate and increasingly complicated systems of asylum? What does it mean to make a difference? How do we learn, think, and teach […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Carrie Preston, Associate Director
The Newsletter Team set down for an interview with our Associate Director, Carrie Preston for an interview about her research, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD: Where are you from? Michigan CFD: What do you study? Critical gender, race, and sexuality studies; critical displacement studies; theater and […]
CFD Interview With Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor of Law and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney
Dr. McAdam is one of the members of the CFD Advisory Board and the leading thinker in the field of International Refugee Law. Our team set with her for a short interview about her work, motivations, and thoughts on future developments in the field of forced displacement and refugee law. CFD: Can you tell us […]
Call for Applications – Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders
Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) opens a call for applications for its first Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders to be held July 17 – 29, 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Program Background and Objectives Long before the beginning of the migration “crisis” in 2015, the US and the European Union began working on establishing […]
CFD Team Spotlight: Marina Lazetic, Director of Programs
The Newsletter Team set with our Director of Programs, Marina Lazetic for an interview about her research, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. NEWSLETTER TEAM: Where are you from? I am from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I was born in this beautiful city, but my family, like many […]
The EU Continues To Fail Asylum Seekers and Violate Human Rights by Baiden Wright
As the principal governing body in Europe, the EU has a unique obligation to protect asylum rights, which it is currently failing. EU asylum claims are currently the highest they have been since 2015. In addition to the streams of refugees fleeing war in Syria, EU states are also seeing large numbers of refugees fleeing […]
As Migration Increases, We Need Better Science to Protect the Health of Migrants
In this guest blog post for The University of Chicago Press, CFD Director Muhammad Zaman, and colleagues Sandro Galea and Catherine K. Ettman argue that we need new models of engagement and interdisciplinary scholarship to protect the health of migrants and ensure access to healthcare. Read the full post here: https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2023/01/19/as-migration-increases-we-need-better-science-to-protect-the-health-of-migrants.html
CFD Awarded 2023 Seed Grants
Center on Forced Displacement team is delighted to share that our committee has selected five projects to be awarded inaugural CFD seed grants. The Center supports research and engagement with forced displacement and humanitarian emergencies that is truly interdisciplinary and of the highest scholarly and ethical standards. CFD is interested in new ideas, technologies, scholarship, […]
CFD Interview With Dr. Ibrahim Awad
Dr. Ibrahim Awad is the Professor of Practice of Global Affairs and Director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the American University in Cairo. He holds a BA degree in political science from Cairo University and a PhD degree in political science from the Graduate […]
Preston and Zaman Speak on Panel on Forced Displacement Crisis
Carrie Preston and Muhammad Zaman, Faculty Research Fellows at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and co-founders of the new University-wide Center on Forced Displacement (CFD), recently participated in a panel discussion on forced displacement. The event, which was hosted by Boston University Global Programs as part of its 2022 International Education Week, featured an interdisciplinary panel […]