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![<\/a><\/p>\nNoora Lori,<\/a> Assistant Professor of International Relations at the <\/span>Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University,<\/a>\u00a0was recently interviewed about\u00a0her work at the Pardee School including her efforts\u00a0on\u00a0Urban Refuge<\/a>, an app created by students in her <\/span>IR 500 Forced Migration and Human Trafficking class last spring<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which aims to connect refugees with resources through a simple mapping tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLori was interviewed for an article in Pearson Degrees<\/em><\/a>\u00a0digital magazine entitled “An Hour with Professor Noora Lori.<\/a>”<\/p>\nFrom the text of the article:<\/p>\nCities aren\u2019t designed for refugees who don\u2019t know local codes and norms. This, Noora said, sparked the idea for her students\u2019 project. Their aim: to help refugees living in Jordan gain access to information about what\u2019s available and where.<\/p>\nNaturally, they turned to digital. Noora\u2019s students are designing a mobile app that will use symbols to signpost the most critical aid points around the country: healthcare facilities, food distribution points, and other places where help can be found in real time.<\/p>\nNoora says she\u2019s been inspired by the passion her students bring to the project. \u201cThey started out saying \u2018How on earth are we going to build an app? We don\u2019t know anything about coding or tech!\u2019 They\u2019ve since learned how to tap into their own networks, building allies throughout BU and from larger organizations who are willing to help\u2026 and even code.\u201d They\u2019re now fortunate to be partnering with Microsoft, which is lending generous manpower and funding to ensure that coding and back-end development is done properly.<\/p>\n\u201cGetting funding and backing was a struggle,\u201d she admits. \u201cThere was a period where I didn\u2019t think we could get this off the ground.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYou can read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\nNoora Lori\u2019s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective.\u00a0Regionally, her work examines the shifting population movements accompanying state formation in the Persian Gulf, expanding the study of Middle East politics to include historic and new connections with East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Lori is the\u00a0Founding Director of the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking. You can read more about her <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof. Noora Lori discusses her efforts on Urban Refuge, an app which aims to connect refugees with resources through a simple mapping tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8410],"tags":[9287,9512,8859,8602,9946,9948,9947],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26313,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309\/revisions\/26313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/12\/Lori.jpg\"){kind=link}
Noora Lori,<\/a> Assistant Professor of International Relations at the <\/span>Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University,<\/a>\u00a0was recently interviewed about\u00a0her work at the Pardee School including her efforts\u00a0on\u00a0Urban Refuge<\/a>, an app created by students in her <\/span>IR 500 Forced Migration and Human Trafficking class last spring<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which aims to connect refugees with resources through a simple mapping tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lori was interviewed for an article in Pearson Degrees<\/em><\/a>\u00a0digital magazine entitled “An Hour with Professor Noora Lori.<\/a>”<\/p>\n From the text of the article:<\/p>\n Cities aren\u2019t designed for refugees who don\u2019t know local codes and norms. This, Noora said, sparked the idea for her students\u2019 project. Their aim: to help refugees living in Jordan gain access to information about what\u2019s available and where.<\/p>\n Naturally, they turned to digital. Noora\u2019s students are designing a mobile app that will use symbols to signpost the most critical aid points around the country: healthcare facilities, food distribution points, and other places where help can be found in real time.<\/p>\n Noora says she\u2019s been inspired by the passion her students bring to the project. \u201cThey started out saying \u2018How on earth are we going to build an app? We don\u2019t know anything about coding or tech!\u2019 They\u2019ve since learned how to tap into their own networks, building allies throughout BU and from larger organizations who are willing to help\u2026 and even code.\u201d They\u2019re now fortunate to be partnering with Microsoft, which is lending generous manpower and funding to ensure that coding and back-end development is done properly.<\/p>\n \u201cGetting funding and backing was a struggle,\u201d she admits. \u201cThere was a period where I didn\u2019t think we could get this off the ground.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You can read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Noora Lori\u2019s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective.\u00a0Regionally, her work examines the shifting population movements accompanying state formation in the Persian Gulf, expanding the study of Middle East politics to include historic and new connections with East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Lori is the\u00a0Founding Director of the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking. You can read more about her <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prof. Noora Lori discusses her efforts on Urban Refuge, an app which aims to connect refugees with resources through a simple mapping tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8410],"tags":[9287,9512,8859,8602,9946,9948,9947],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26313,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26309\/revisions\/26313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}