Launch of PROPSECTS Podcast series - Refugees at work - What are their prospects?
Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter (RSC); Nicholas Grisewood (Chief Technical Officer, ILO)
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 1pm to 2pm
Online
Join us for the virtual launch of a new podcast series entitled ‘Refugees at Work - What Are Their Prospects?
Pre-eminently framed as a humanitarian and protection challenge in the past, the impact and the potential economic contribution of refugees and forcibly displaced people to their host countries is now also framed as a significant development opportunity.
Based on the transformation of the international response to displacement, and the Internaional Labour Organization (ILO)’s engagement in the PROSPECTS Programme, this six-part podcast series takes a closer look at the changing landscape.
The podcast episodes feature international experts, who explore the economic impacts, challenges and opportunities created by refugees’ access to labour markets in host countries
- Refugees at Work: Transforming the international refugee regime and framing the HDPN - context and concepts (Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, RSC, University of Oxford)
- Refugees at Work: The history of the ILO’s refugee engagement (Dr Katy Long, Independent Researcher)
- Refugees at Work: A donor perspective on forced displacement (Ana Uzelac, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Refugees at Work: The ILO and PROSPECTS (Nicholas Grisewood, ILO, PROSPECTS Programme Director)
- Refugees at Work: Refugee Agency, Livelihoods and Inclusion (Professor Alex Betts, and Bisimwa Mulemengabo, RSC, University of Oxford)
- Refugees at Work: Experience, Outcomes and Impacts – Country Case Studies and Experience(Svein-Erik Stave and Tewodros Kebede, FAFO, Norway)