Internal Displacement
This forum publishes blog posts on internal displacement and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The forum is run by the Internal Displacement Research Programme at the Refugee Law Initiative, its affiliate networks and linked regional research networks: Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa, Latin American Network on Internal Displacement and Middle East Network. These projects are supported by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund.
Environment-induced displacements in India’s Assam river islands
Blog post by Prarthana Sen, a member of the Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies (IAAPS) and former researcher at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). In the Brahmaputra valley, a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern and north-eastern...
Longing for peace despite the uncertain future of IDP children in Myanmar
Blog post by Tual Sawn Khai, a PhD Fellow in Sociology and Social Policy at the School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Myanmar holds one of the world's longest ongoing civil wars since its independence in 1948. Before the 2021 Myanmar coup...
New Rights Tracker survey data on IDP rights maps COVID-19 pressures, highlighting less visible internal displacement situations
Blog post by Deborah Casalin, a doctoral researcher in the Law and Development Research Group at the University of Antwerp Law Faculty, Belgium. Her research focuses on reparation for arbitrary displacement and the role of international and regional human rights...
Research Ethics in Practice Amidst COVID-19: Overcoming Ethical Challenges in Conducting Research with Internally Displaced Afro-Colombian Women in Colombia
Blog post by Claudia Blandon, a PhD student and a Doctoral Teaching Assistant at the University of Plymouth and Internal Displacement Research Programme Research Affiliate. Introduction Ethical approaches to conducting research in fragile contexts,...
How useful is ‘State in Smartphone’ for the IDPs in Ukraine?
Blog post by Lidia Kuzemska, PhD researcher in Sociology, Lancaster University. Background A total of 1.44 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have fled from Russian-occupied Crimea and from the armed conflict in the eastern Ukrainian region of...
¿Qué significa el desplazamiento interno? Abriendo la caja de Pandora. Reflexiones desde la Red Latinoamericana de Desplazamiento Interno
Este post es producto de los debates sostenidos en el seno Red Latinoamericana de Desplazamiento Interno (LANID). El texto recoge aportaciones de Clara Ines Atehortúa Arredondo, Leticia Calderón Chelius, Sindy Hernández Bonilla, Ramón Martínez Coria, Beariz Eugenia...
What does internal displacement mean? Opening the Pandora’s Box. Reflections from the Latin American Network on Internal Displacement
This post collects the conclusions reached by members of Latin American Network on Internal Displacement (LANID) after an intense debate on the internal displacement concept. The text collects ideas from Clara Ines Atehortúa Arredondo, Leticia Calderón Chelius, Sindy...
The Hidden Dangers of Displacement: Landmines and Other Explosive Ordinance
Blog post by Sarah Edgcumbe, a PhD student with the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Landmines and Explosive Ordinance Contamination in Contexts of Displacement By the end of 2019, 79.5 million people were forcibly...
Turning the narrative on disaster displacement in the Global North
Blog post by Ana Mosneaga, PhD, a migration and displacement specialist currently working as Lecturer at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. She is also part of the RLI’s IDRP Senior Research Associates community. ...
Why do we need further research on internal displacement?
Blog post by Professor David Cantor, PhD, the founder and Director of the Internal Displacement Research Programme, at Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. Research scholarship on internal displacement is scarce and...