Local Engagement Refugee Research Network Explained

Local Engagement Refugee Research Network
Formation:	2018
Abbreviation:	LERRN
Purpose:	Inclusion of refugees in academic research
Headquarters:	Carlton University
Website:	https://carleton.ca/lerrn/

The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) is a team of researchers and practitioners supporting work on the inclusion of refugees in public policy and the localization of refugee research. The group is hosted by Carleton University in Canada.

The network increases understanding of research centres in refugee-hosting countries.

History

The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network was launched in October 2018^[1] and is hosted at Carleton University's faculty of Public Affairs.^[2]

Activities

From 2018, LERRN collaborated with the International Development Research Centre to increase IDRC's awareness and understanding of researchers in low and middle income countries working on forced displacement.^[3] The research was informed by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees data about refugee-hosting countries; LERRN identified research centres located in the same places as displaced people.^[4]

Analysis of this work highlighted that a very small percentage of publications on refugee-related issues were produced by people who are based in academic institutions in refugee-hosting nations.^[5]

Selected publications

• The Increased Vulnerability of the Refugee Population to COVID-19 within Tanzanian Refugee Camps^[6]
• From Theory of Change to SMART Pledges: Lessons for Pledges at the Global Refugee Forum and Beyond^[7]
• Intersectionality and other critical approaches in refugee research: An annotated bibliography^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-02-04 . LERRN's director leads discussion on the global refugee regime . 2022-04-09 . Glue Magazine . en-US.
2. Web site: Macimide . 2019-06-24 . Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Global Refugee Policy (Carleton University) . 2022-04-09 . Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) . en-US.
3. Richa Shivakoti, James Milner . 19 July 2021 . Beyond the partnership debate: localizing knowledge production in refugee and forced migration studies . Journal of Refugee Studies . 35 . 2 . 805–826 . 10.1093/jrs/feab083. free .
4. Web site: Raissa Batakji . 4 Feb 2019 . Research Highlight: Empowering Local Refugee Relief . 2022-04-09 . Lebanese American University . en.
5. Web site: Knowledge, voice and power Forced Migration Review . 2022-04-09 . www.fmreview.org.
6. Alio . Mustafa . Alrihawi . Shaza . Milner . James . Noor . Anila . Wazefadost . Najeeba . Zigashane . Pascal . June 2020 . By Refugees, for Refugees: Refugee Leadership during COVID-19, and beyond . International Journal of Refugee Law . 32 . 2 . 370–373 . 10.1093/ijrl/eeaa021 . 0953-8186 . 7543544.
7. Web site: 13 Feb 2020 . Center on International Cooperation . 2022-04-09 . cic.nyu.edu.
8. Daley, P. (2021). Ethical Considerations for Humanizing Refugee Research Trajectories. Refuge (0229-5113), 37(2), 11–19.