Leir Director Katrina Burgess pens article for The Conversation
The Conversation published an article by Leir Institute Director Professor Katrina Burgess. Drawing on her own migration expertise and observations
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Publications
Understanding Social Norms: A Reference Guide for Policy and Practice
A guide by Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Diana Chigas,
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Strengthening Rule of Law Approaches to Address Organized Crime: Social Norms
Based on a roundtable discussion with USAID and MSI, this white paper explores what social norms are, why they matter, and presents broad approaches and tools for changing social norms that could apply to organized crime.
Read moreInfectious Disease: Stigmatization of Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants
By Dr. Nahid Bhadelia and Ian Johnstone, from the Geneva Workshop on Tuesday, 27 November 2018
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Using Systems Thinking to Understand and Address Corruption in the Criminal Justice System in Fragile States
Scharbatke-Church and Chigas contributed this insightful analysis to a recent book: Corruption, Social Sciences, and the Law: Exploration Across the Disciplines. Pointing out a disappointing record on anti-corruption, this chapter outlines a new way of analyzing corruption using systems thinking tools which better capture its complexity.
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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.
Read moreMapping Migration in Tijuana
A policy brief by Dr. Aída Silva Hernández.
Read moreFinancial Integration of Refugees in Dallas, Texas
A policy brief by Julie Zollmann, Airokhsh Faiz-Qaisary, Kenza Ben-Azouz, Kim Wilson, and Radha Rajkotia.
Read more“I’m the Everything”: The Overlooked Heroism of Refugee Youth in the United States
A policy brief by Julie Zollmann.
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“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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