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The critical role of ethics in forced migration research: Refugee participation, Do No Harm, and the IASFM Code of Ethics, 10 Dec 2020

10 ديسمبر 2020

3:00 مساءً - 4:30 مساءً

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EVENT DETAILS

Registration Deadline

December 10, 2020

Venue

Online

Website

https://phap.org/10dec2020

ROLES

Lead Facilitator

Angharad Laing

Guest Speaker

Geoff Gilbert
Member of IASFM ExCom
Alfred Babo
Ruxandra Bujor
Abulogn Okello

Read more and register at https://phap.org/10dec2020

Research on forced migration provides critical input into the processes that help shape policy on displacement and humanitarian response. On that account, researchers should directly engage refugees, other forcibly displaced groups, and the communities that host them. The self-representation of refugees is a principle that has recently been reaffirmed through the discussions around the Global Compact on Refugees, as well as other processes.

However, directly involving vulnerable populations in research comes with ethical considerations for researchers, as well as for “gatekeepers” to forced migrant populations and the forced migrants themselves. These include unequal power relations, legal precariousness, extreme poverty, violence, the criminalization of migration, and politicized research contexts, among others. To help navigate these kinds of situations, the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) adopted a Code of Ethics in 2018, which provides a starting point for active, critical engagement with ethical issues in forced migration research.

Join UNHCR, IASFM, PHAP, and the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN) for a webinar on 10 December, in which we will discuss the particular ethical challenges faced in researching situations of forced migration, how these relate to the application in practice of the principle of “do no harm” and the IASFM Code of Ethics. We will hear from researchers, a refugee post-graduate student, as well as a camp manager, who will share their experience and exchange views on these questions.

Event time
New York: 9:00 – 10:30
London: 14:00 – 15:30
Geneva: 15:00 – 16:30
Amman: 16:00 – 17:30
Nairobi: 17:00 – 18:30
Bangkok: 21:00 – 22:30
Manila: 22:00 – 23:30

EVENT DETAILS

Registration Deadline

December 10, 2020

Venue

Online

Website

https://phap.org/10dec2020

ROLES

Lead Facilitator

Angharad Laing

Guest Speaker

Geoff Gilbert
Member of IASFM ExCom
Alfred Babo
Ruxandra Bujor
Abulogn Okello