News

TRAFIG Practice Note No. 4, focussing on resilient connections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is now available in French: TRAFIG Note Pratique No. 4: "Renforcer les connexions résilientes en République Démocratique du Congo".

Find out more here.

The Political Economy of Protracted Displacement

Took place on 24 jun 2021 10:00 – 11:30, Organised by Bergen Global

Panel: Morten Bøås (NUPI), Tewodros Kebede (Fafo), Synnøve Bendixsen (UiB) and Sarah Tobin (CMI) in conversation with Benjamin Etzold (BICC).

In this webinar a panel of leadi... Read more

Kicking off new the webinar series "Zooming in on Migration and Asylum" on 30 June!

We're joining forces with our H2020-sister projects ADMIGOV, MAGYC and MIGNEX to present our work and discuss some of today’s most pressing dynamics in the context of migration, displacement and asylum.

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Find out more about our projects activities since the start of the year. Read our TRAFIG Newsletter Staying Connected No. 2 for an overview or our latest publications, for updates on the state of our fieldwork, and for our reflections on the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on displaced people.

The preparation of the European part of the TRAFIG fieldwork started with a workshop held in Torino, Italy on 21-22 October 2019. The workshop was organised and hosted by the Forum of International and European Research on Immigration (FIERI) – leader of TRAFIG Work Package 6, which investigates p... Read more

Albert Kraler, partner of the TRAFIG consortium partner had the opportunity to present, test and discuss the TRAFIG concept and some preliminary findings in the framework of the final conference of the CEASEVAL project on 1 and 2 October 2019 in Chemnitz, Germany. The Conference titled “Refuge Eur... Read more

TRAFIG’s Congo team started the empirical research of Workpackage 4 with a workshop in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, located in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo beginning of September 2019. The Congo team of The Social Science Centre for African Development KUTAFITI the Swa... Read more

A panel organised by members of the TRAFIG consortium at this year’s Annual Conference of the IMISCOE Research network in Malmö (Sweden) provided an opportunity to present the TRAFIG concept, to discuss the role of mobility in ensuring broader access to (durable) solutions and to critically exami... Read more

University of Sussex organises on behalf of TRAFIG a public lecture on

Transnational Figurations of Displacement: Investigating protracted displacement through the lens of transnationalism

Members of the TRAFIG Consortium will present and discuss key aspects of the project. What are “Transnati... Read more

According to the UNHCR’s latest estimates 15.9 million people are living in protracted refugee situations at the end of the year 2018. This corresponds to more than three-quarter of all refugees. Resolving protracted refugee situations is a fundamental global challenge, yet progress remains stal... Read more

TRAFIG officially launched the Working Paper 1\2019 “Transnational Figurations of Displacement. Conceptualising protracted displacement and translocal connectivity through a process-oriented perspective” at a public event at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK. Please find the full text of TR... Read more

The Roundtable will discuss viable policy options, which enhance the self-reliance and resilience of displaced people, and which simultaneously respond to the needs of host countries. Stakeholders will bring in their own perspective on applied policies and programmes, discussing how protection-, liv... Read more