CFD Interview With Anne Merewood and Farzana Hakimi from CHEER in Greece
CHEERing is an international NGO based in Athens, Greece, dedicated to improving maternal child health and promoting preventive health in refugee populations. [CHEERing] provides direct support in refugee camps and communities, training for students, medical professionals and volunteers who work daily with refugee populations, and evaluation and monitoring. Their Grow Clinics support mothers and babies […]
After Meeting Five of the Migrants Sent to Martha’s Vineyard: Sanctuary and Hospitality by Carrie Preston
They couldn’t know they are famous as they stepped into our seminar room, where twelve students had gathered for a volunteer orientation with the resettlement agency and welcome dinner. They are not famous as individuals; they are among the more than seven million Venezuelans who have fled political disfunction and economic disaster in their country […]
Center on Forced Displacement Seed Grants – Call for Applications
The Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) serves as a platform for educators, students, researchers, activists, and policymakers to engage in interdisciplinary research, discussion, and education about forced displacement. Through interdisciplinary, international collaboration, we identify, research, and work to resolve challenges of forced displacement, one of the major moral imperatives of our time. By connecting with […]
An Interview With CFD Advisory Board Member Margareta Matache
Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache is an activist and scholar who has long been involved in the Roma movement. She has a PhD in Political Science from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest, and a Master in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Currently, she is […]
CFD Director of Programs, Marina Lazetic Receives The Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship
We are delighted to share that our Director of Programs, Marina Lazetic has been awarded The Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship. She is one of only four scholars who received this award for the 2022-23 academic year. The fellowship has been awarded to support her ongoing research on environmental displacement and environmental justice. Her dissertation […]
An Interview With Gabby Glass About Her Work on Vaccination Rates Among Navajo in the Light of Historical Trauma and COVID
Gabby Glass (she/her) is a senior in the Kilachand Honors College from Newton, Massachusetts. She studies psychology and public health and hopes to pursue a career in clinical psych / therapy. Over the summer, she studied abroad in London, interning at a nonprofit charity for young girls across England and Wales. The CFD interviewed Gabby […]
BU’s New Center on Forced Displacement Will Address the Global Refugee Crisis
“As the global refugee crisis worsens, crossing borders has been met with increasing hostility and stigma, often putting displaced people in perilous positions, after already difficult journeys. (Last month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis transported about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard under false pretenses, raising legal concerns. The International Rescue Committee has called on the US and European countries […]
Italy’s Election of Giorgia Meloni would be a Death Sentence for Refugees
Written by Baiden Wright, CFD Research Fellow Giorgia Meloni is currently poised to assume the position of Italy’s new Prime Minister. With 26% of the vote, Meloni received a higher percentage than any other party participating in the election. Meloni is a member of the Brothers of Italy party, known for their extreme right values […]
Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowships
Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) invites applications for a one year graduate fellowship supporting a seminar on EU and US Border Externalization Regimes as they impact migrants and asylum seekers traveling through Central America and the Balkan states. The CFD Graduate Fellow should be engaged in a dissertation or artistic project related to […]
Don’t forget Afghan refugees in Pakistan flood response
Following devastating floods, the road to rebuilding for millions in Pakistan will be long and complicated. Yet, the recovery process affords the government a rare opportunity to make life-changing improvements for Afghan refugees on its soil – in addition to its own citizens. To learn more, read Dr. Zaman’s latest op-ed in The New Humanitarian […]