Kick-off Meeting: Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus (MIGNEX)
24-27.07.2018 - The conference entilted ‘Unsettling Practice, Disruptive Theory: A Roadmap for Transformative Forced Migration Scholarship' brought together a diverse team of keynote speakers with Migration & Displacement Pillar Lead Nassim Majidi as part of the organising effort to reflect and bring her experience of North-South collaborations and networks. Thessaloniki, Greece
Samuel Hall participated in the kick-off meeting of the MIGNEX consortium, led by PRIO. The project’s overall objective is to contribute to more effective and coherent migration management through evidence-based understanding of the linkages between development and migration. Steps toward this objective comprise extensive research in ten strategically relevant countries of origin and transit, including Afghanistan, Guinea, Somalia, Nigeria, and Turkey.
Oslo, Norway.
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CESSMIR Conference: Reintegration Processes and Differentiated Reintegration Support Measures
17-19.09.2018 - This presentation was given on the dynamics, context, and policy environment around reintegration of Afghan returnees in Afghanistan in addition to exploring the future implications for relevant stakeholders.
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International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference
24-27.07.2018 - The conference entilted ‘Unsettling Practice, Disruptive Theory: A Roadmap for Transformative Forced Migration Scholarship' brought together a diverse team of keynote speakers with Migration & Displacement Pillar Lead Nassim Majidi as part of the organising effort to reflect and bring her experience of North-South collaborations and networks.
Thessaloniki, Greece
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DSA2018: Conference on Global Inequalities
27.07.2018 - The DSA's annual conference in 2018 took place at the University of Manchester. The conference focused centrally on global Inequalities, while also encompassing the broad range of development studies interests. Samuel Hall presented at the Digital Inequalities and Development track.
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International Research and Policy Workshop on Migration and Development
24-27.07.2018 - The Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn hosted the "International Research and Policy Workshop on Migration and Development" with a particular focus on "Forced Displacement: Trends, Concepts and Patterns." Based on the findings of our project with Mercy Corps for the Dutch NWO, Data Standards Pillar Lead Stefanie Barratt gave a presentation entitled "Skills development, migration intentions, and support for violence in Somalia and Afghanistan: Assessing the (counter-intuitive) evidence."
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Workshop on Watoto Kwanza Evaluation Findings
22.05.2018 - Samuel Hall coordinated a workshop in Zanzibar with key players in early childhood education MECP-Z and AKF, partners on the Watoto Kwanza programme. Results from the workshop were integrated into the final version of our report, found here.
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