Great Decisions on Refugees and Global Migration
Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Leir Professor in Global Migration, is featured with Mary Truong and Jeffrey Thielmen in this video from the WGBH Forum Network.
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Mapping Migration in Tijuana
A policy brief by Dr. Aída Silva Hernández.
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Managing Practicalities in the Field
May 9, 2019: a workshop on personal safety, self-care, ethics, and the practicalities of engaging with local populations in crisis-affected environments and development contexts.
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Software of Geopolitics: Empathy as a Vital Tool of Diplomacy and Mediation
Watch the Facebook Live video of this lunch lecture, in which Matt Waldman explored the much-neglected role of empathy in international affairs, and argued empathy has immense potential to reduce violent conflict.
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Financial Integration of Refugees in Dallas, Texas
A policy brief by Julie Zollmann, Airokhsh Faiz-Qaisary, Kenza Ben-Azouz, Kim Wilson, and Radha Rajkotia.
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“I’m the Everything”: The Overlooked Heroism of Refugee Youth in the United States
A policy brief by Julie Zollmann.
Read more“Good Friday After Brexit” Facebook Live Discussion
In this video, Leir Institute Director Eileen Babbitt and British Consul General Harriet Cross discuss the “Good Friday After Brexit” event at The Fletcher School.
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Karen Jacobsen’s “Refugees and Global Migration” article published in Great Decisions: Foreign Policy Association
Karen Jacobsen’s article “Refugees and Global Migration” has been published as one of eight topics in the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions 2019 edition.
Read more“The only way to effectively reduce irregular migration is to give people some hope of regular migration.”
Visiting Professor of International Law John Cerone speaks on how to reduce irregular migration in this video.
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Journeys Interrupted: Human and Policy Challenges of Assisting Migrants in Monterrey
A policy brief by Dr. Noelle Brigden, Dr. Katrina Burgess, and Dr. Karen Jacobsen.
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