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Closed eyes, closed borders: EU policy and refugees from Syria | Cynthia Orchard
4 September 2014
In a new openDemocracy article, Cynthia Orchard argues that European countries should allow more Syrian refugees to enter Europe legally and safely
Challenging the refugee 'burden' | Naohiko Omata
26 August 2014
Dr Naohiko Omata writes for openDemocracy on the benefits refugees can bring to their host communities
'Bottom-up innovation' by refugees | Alexander Betts
4 June 2014
Dr Alexander Betts writes for the UNHCR Global Views blog – a new forum to discuss refugee policy and practice
Open innovation: inspiring collaboration in the UN | Louise Bloom
16 April 2014
Louise Bloom blogs for Mindjet about the Humanitarian Innovation Project's recent evaluation of UNHCR's pilot-run of the SpigitEngage online innovation platform
Introducing Myanmar in transition? A displacement perspective | Kirsten McConnachie
24 March 2014
Dr Kirsten McConnachie introduces a series of articles for openDemocracy which anticipate some of the key debates that will be under discussion at the Refugee Voices conference
Refugee livelihoods and engagement with host economies | Naohiko Omata and Josiah Kaplan
6 March 2014
Dr Naohiko Omata and Dr Josiah Kaplan write for Debating Development on their recent research and Working Paper, 'Refugee livelihoods in Kampala, Nakivale and Kyangwali settlements: patterns of engagement with the private sector'
Humanitarian Innovation Project researchers among Guardian expert panel on investing in refugees
3 March 2014
Dr Naohiko Omata and Uganda-based HIP researchers, Kiflu Hussain, Robert Hakiza and Ntakamaze Nziyonvira, provide insight in a recent article for the Guardian
Decisions on refugee rights should not all fall to judges | Cathryn Costello
24 February 2014
Dr Cathryn Costello writes for The Irish Times on the role of Ireland's judiciary in assessing asylum seekers' claims
Don’t trust the government’s citizenship-stripping policy | Matthew Gibney
3 February 2014
Dr Matthew Gibney writes for The Conversation on the UK government's citizenship-stripping policy
Due diligence for women's human rights: transgressing conventional lines | Jennifer Allsopp
10 December 2013
On Human Rights Day, Jennifer Allsopp interviews Professor Yakin Ertürk for openDemocracy, discussing the new vulnerabilities faced by women, including refugee women, and the new opportunities for remedy offered by the international human rights system
Philosophies of migration | Jennifer Allsopp
19 November 2013
Jennifer Allsopp writes for openDemocracy, arguing for a philosophy of what is good rather than a politics of fear in the UK immigration debate
Theresa May must not further erode Britons' rights to citizenship | Matthew Gibney
14 November 2013
Dr Matthew Gibney writes for the Guardian on the erosion of Britons' rights to citizenship
‘Making space’ in the humanitarian world | Louise Bloom
11 October 2013
Louise Bloom writes for the Humanitarian Innovation Project Blog about recent publication 'The two worlds of humanitarian innovation'
Syrian tribes, national politics and the uprising | Dawn Chatty
12 September 2013
Professor Dawn Chatty writes for Debating Development on Bedouin tribes and the Syrian uprising
Refuge routes | Naohiko Omata and Josiah Kaplan
9 August 2013
Dr Naohiko Omata and Dr Josiah Kaplan (Humanitarian Innovation Project) write for Makeshift Magazine on trade and the bustling exchange among different refugee groups in the Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda
Engaging religion at the US Department of State | Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
2 August 2013
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh writes for The Immanent Frame in response to news that the US Department of State has announced the creation of a new office that will focus on engagement with religious organisations around the world
The UNHCR is much better than its reputation in Uganda suggests (and needs to say so) | Will Jones
30 June 2013
The proposed implementation of the Cessation Clause for some Rwandan refugees has prompted fierce debate. Will Jones writes for Democracy in Africa about a recent trip to the Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda, to meet a group of refugees who have been campaigning against the move
The future of energy and connectivity | Louise Bloom
22 May 2013
Louise Bloom writes for the Humanitarian Innovation Project Blog about solar energy and the new age of the digital era
The water challenge | Louise Bloom
17 April 2013
Louise Bloom writes for the Humanitarian Innovation Project Blog on the ‘student design challenge’, part of Engineering and Humanity Week
The many meanings of humanitarianism | Tom Scott-Smith
28 March 2013
Tom Scott-Smith writes for Debating Development, looking at diverse uses of the term 'humanitarianism'