journal articles by our team
Karen Jacobsen & Adam Saltsman
Journal of Refugee studies: “Power in Forced Migration Research Methods”
September 2021 Issue
This issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies includes an introduction by RIT director Karen Jacobsen and RIT Advisory Board member Adam Saltsman, both of whom served as guest editors for the special section on power in forced migration research methods. In their introduction, Prof. Jacobsen and Mr. Saltsman frame their approach as seeking to address questions such as: What are the politics of designing methods for research with/on refugees? What kinds of negotiations and gatekeeping take place in determining the assemblage of actors involved in crafting and carrying out the research? Who has a seat at the table to design the research, interpret results, and write up outcomes?
FORCED MIGRATION REVIEW: “CITIES AND TOWNS”
SPECIAL ISSUE
This issue of Forced Migration Review features an article from RIT case study researcher Jessica Sadye Wolff on “Urban planning for refugee housing: responding to urgent needs.” The issue covers: “Cities and towns [that] are on the frontline of receiving and welcoming people who have been displaced.”
Karen Jacobsen & Charles Simpson (Eds.)
REFUGEES IN TOWNS: EXPERIENCES OF INTEGRATION
SPECIAL ISSUE
In this Special Issue of MDPI’s Social Sciences journal, seven articles explore urban integration in the cities and towns of Europe, the US, and Canada. The papers explore how refugees and citizens interact in the authors’ towns; the role of officials and politicians in enabling or obstructing integration; the social, economic, and cultural impact of migration on hosting towns; and the ways—inclusive or exclusive—locals have responded to immigration. The first five articles explore European cities: Frankfurt-Rodelheim, Germany; Newcastle, UK; Ambertois, France; Italy’s cities; and Belgrade, Serbia. The final two articles look at North American cities: Bhutanese refugee-hosting US cities, and the Syrian refugee-hosting town of Antigonish, Canada.
Karen Jacobsen
REFUGEES IN TOWNS: EXPERIENCES OF INTEGRATION
ARTICLE
In this Forced Migration Review article, RIT PI Karen Jacobsen presents the project, why it is of importance in our current political climate, and what the project seeks to achieve. She explains how RIT's case studies are designed and what information they include. She also shares how individuals living in towns experiencing refugee integration can contribute to the RIT project.