IASFM_compiled_IDP_WG_list_26May2010

IASFM compiled IDP WG list Name Designation Areas of research & interest Institution Founding members Current Projects Ongoing Proposed initiative/activity for WG Tamlyn Monson Researcher,  Forced Migration Studies  Programme, Wits University, Johannesburg Currently seconded as Senior Researcher: Xenophobia to the South African Human Rights Commission Internal displacement of non-nationals Sub-national bordering MA thesis on  Paper on sub-national xenophobic territories created by attacks in South internal displacement Africa Investigation into government responses to the xenophobic attacks of 2008 Robert Muggah Research  Director, Graduate  Institute of International  and Development Studies, Small  Arms Survey,  Centre for  Conflict, Stabilization and Comparative  assessment of the reconstruction discourse, fragile states and practice and cities outcomes of armed violence stabilization prevention and operations and reduction their impacts on urban renewal humanitarian  forced migration, action (with conflict, Overseas Email tamlynmonson@gmail.com robert.muggah@smallarms Comparative assessments of refugee survey.org and IDP militarization and evaluation of the effectiveness of the ladder of options in multiple settings Review of the implications of Development and Peacebuilding, Geneva, Switzerland Rajith W.D Lakshman Senior  Lecturer, Department of  Economics University of  Colombo, Sri Lanka Amrita Lamba Senior Research Fellow and Doctoral Candidate, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Jian Zhou Researcher,    development- and Development climate-induced Institute) displacement, Urban resilience in resettlement situations of chronic violence (with CCDP, MIT and Utrecht) with assessments in six cities Conflict induced Gender and  displacement in IDPs Sampur, eastern Development Sri Lanka induced IDPs Livelihoods impact Financial of displacement in Economics Sampur Livelihoods impact of development caused displacement in Lunawa Working in Governance  collaboration with models and the Forest indicators department Poverty analysis (Government of Development Karnataka) with induced regard to framing displacement sustainable rehabilitation policies for the tribal ill affected by developmental projects  Internal Ecological stabilization and reconstruction missions for the “protection of civilians” – particularly refugees and IDPs rajith@econ.cmb.ac.lk Establish active academic links with IDP hotspots in the world A comparative study of alamba9@hotmail.com governmental policies to address the issue of IDPs across various countries could help in learning/unlearning best practices on how to deal with this contentious issue (this, noting the fact that the attempt is not to arrive at a one size fits all scheme!)  None mentioned drzhoujian@163.com National Displacement migration in Tarim Research induced by river basin in Center for development Xinjiang Uigur Resettlement projects in autonomous (NRCR) developing Nanjing City, countries research on Jiangsu Ecological Migration involuntary Province, Labour Mobility in resettlement for China urban China Zhejiang Qiantang river environmental improvement project (World Bank) Danesh Jayatilaka PhD Student,  Department of Economics, University of Colombo IDP returns and resettlement in post conflict regions resettlement for the south-to-north water transfer project in China Preparatory stage  Papers on returnfor field research resettlement and on thesis protection-livelihoods addressing nexus livelihoods and economic recovery among former IDPs daneshj@hotmail.com SHI Guoqing Professor and  Involuntary Post elevation of  Discussion and qshi@hhu.edu.cn Director, involuntary resettlement exchange in National resettlement induced by experiences and Research induced by Three development, lessons in involuntary Center for Gorges Dam ecological and resettlement induced by Resettlement Project environment development project (NRCR), social and such as dam, highway  IDPs Hohai economic study of and urban construction  Forced migration University, Nanjing, CHINA resettlement etc in different counties; induced by  develop the panel for 13 Danjiangkou Dam IASFM conference; ecological and  proposal development in environmental comprehensive study in migration in China some topics in different countries and try to find the foundation support Cathrine Brun Associate Cathrine.Brun@SVT.NTNU  protracted internal Post-crisis  Special panels at Professor, recovery: no displacement IASFM conferences Department of researching and  distribution of news and Geography,  housing and home teaching across events in the group Norwegian boundaries  Possibility to generate University of  Sri Lanka, funding for workshops in Science and Uganda, Georgia, Researching the between the IASFM Technology, relationship Colombia conferences Trondheim, between Norway academic and practitioner knowledge Protracted internal displacement Elizabeth G Co-Director,  Protection of IDPs Natural disasters  Evaluation of various eferris@brookings.edu Ferris Brookingsand protection and new protection  Peace building Bern Project National standards, including and Displacement on Internal responses to ICRC  Humanitarian Displacement internal  Evaluation of UNHCR’s reform and Senior displacement new policy on urban Fellow, Iraqi displacement displacement Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA Kopalapillai Senior Editorial work of kamirthalingam@econ.cmb  Internal Displacement Amirthalingam Lecturer, publications ac.lk Department of displacement and Economics, relocation University of  Public Colombo, Sri finance Lanka management  Trade liberalization Jeff Crisp Head, Policy All IDP-related Development issues and Evaluation Service (PDES), UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland New members impact on gender Displacement impact on agricultural livelihoods Importance of indirect taxation in Sri Lanka Regular exchange of Urban IDPs information and research Return and ideas reintegration of IDPs Evaluation of the Cluster Approach crisp@unhcr.org Renu Modi Indian Diaspora in Exchange of country information on specific South Africa development projects (University Grants Commission, New Delhi, 2009-2012) India- Africa Trade ( UGC, New Delhi, 2009-2011) africamumbai@gmail.com Director, 1.Develeopment/ Centre for displacement mainly African in the urban context Studies, University of Livelihood restoration / Mumbai, Mumbai, India Sustainable R&R India- Africa Trade/Diaspora Anne Davies Independent IDP profiling – Consultant in determining Geneva, methodologies for formerly with country specific and IDMC not urban profiling currently Involved in designing inception reports for humanitarian evaluations (home- Given the gap in annedavies99@yahoo.co.u knowledge on slow-onset k disaster related displacement and the huge numbers of displaced such disasters are undoubtedly attached to any institution Disaster-related displacement I would like my next area of research to design methodology/ies to capture the nature and scale of slowonset disaster displacement based, working with Channel Research) Due to travel to field in late January but timing not yet fixed in stone In between assignments I am writing a book on UN field situations (slowly) producing, it would be a useful if the WG could propose a study on this that would understand better what are the displacement drivers, overlaps with other causes, specific vulnerabilities of different groups and potential durable solutions Another area of work could be to suggest stronger links between specific humanitarian and development agencies in specific urban displacement contexts – or look at ‘good practice’ in areas where it may already be occurring Should be linked to UN-HABITAT and other urbanization projects Duncan McArthur Emergency Relief Coordinator, Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), Chiang Mai, Thailand Profiling IDP situations Responding to protracted conflict and displacement Peace building Rev Senior Conflict and Annual IDP Survey None mentioned of eastern Burma Previous reports available from http://www.tbbc.org/r esources/resources.h tm#idps Emergency food and cash relief programme Reading for PhD on Developing new squidlip@loxinfo.co.th pssumana@gmail.com Pinnawala Lecturer, Displacement Sangasumana Department of Post conflict Geography, challenges University of Sri Jayewardenep ura, Sri Lanka Zuhura Lecturer, Refugees and Mahamed University of Asylum Seekers Essex, UK 2.IDPs In-between ness and methodologies Transformation of Conflict induced IDPs of Sri Lanka Enhancing Vulnerable Asylum Seeker Project- EU Funded None mentioned zmaham@essex.ac.uk Bonu Solomon Saanu Reuniting those displaced due to communal crises in Northern part of Nigeria 2.Causes and solution to religious crises in Nigeria, A focus on Jos None mentioned solobonu2003@yahoo.com Roberto Carlos Vidal López Lecturer and Economic activities Instructor, of Internally Citizenship Displaced people A and focus on Refugee Leadership camps in Nigeria Training Center Nigeria and Lagos State University External System, Department of Political Science and Public Administration , Lagos Nigeria Senior 1.IDP Law, politics Professor, and theory Director Internal Department of Legal Clinic for Development of advocacy of peasant comparative studies communities and Critical approaches to vidal@javeriana.edu.co Philosophy and History of Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Javeriana Bogotá D.C Colombia Edward Benson displacement and peace processes 3.Internal displacement and development protection of the global political and territories legal regime in IDPs Internal Agenda setting on IDP South-South dialogues displacement and peace processes in on prevention, attention and long term solutions Colombia Public policy and legal protection of IDPs in Colombia Visiting 1.Critical Analysis of the costs Lessons learned from the edwardhbenson@gmail.co Research assessme and benefits of m Tsunami response in terms Fellow, nt of the humanitarian of natural disaster Refugee norms and Studies practices confidence building response to displacement Centre, to providemeasures in Western in the Oxford assistance Sahara: what immediate/transitional Department of and dangers to avoid, shelter sector, with International protection what possible paths particular respect to recent Development, for developments in Haiti University of internally to follow Oxford displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka; notably the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacem ent; Lessons learned from the Tsunami response in terms of natural disaster response to displacement in the immediate/transition al shelter sector, with particular respect to recent developments in Haiti Sarah Deardorff PhD Candidate, Georgetown/ MSc Forced Migration (Oxford 2009) Protracted refugees/IDPs Local integration options Characteristics of Considering “temporary” protracted IDP local integration for situations protracted IDP situations Case studies of how IDP situations Closedhave “ended” camps/sett lements; The emergence of urban settings churches and religious institutions within camps/settlements, and their roles; issues of faith and migration in relation to social change and politics sarah.deardorff@gmail.co m Priyanca PhD Mathur Velath Candidate, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Rights of Internally PhD thesis on Comparative studies in Displaced Persons in ‘Rights of South Asia Law and Development2 Special emphasis on Governance vis-à-vis Induced Displaced Law and Governance the State – (in India Persons in India’ issues with regard to IDPs and neighboring 2.Study on Locating rights of IDPs countries) Statelessness in within state enacted laws Development South Asia for and policies Induced Displaced UNHCR, New Delhi South-South dialogue on Persons in India, office furthering IDP rights specially arising from Preparing report agenda ‘Special Economic on persons displaced Zones’ (SEZs) in Delhi and around Environmental for the upcoming IPPs/Climate Commonwealth Change Induced Games IDPs Stateless Persons in South Asia IDPs created by ‘urbanisati on’ p.m.velath@gmail.com Specific initiatives suggested by members    Amrita Lamba would like to address the gap in the current governmental policies in India with regard to its oversight/silence on laws which should govern the civilian population displaced due to developmental projects as well as the Maoist insurgency in India SHI Guoqing would like to undertake a comprehensive study in dam induced resettlement in Asia, Africa and South America Cathrine Brun would like to see a specific initiative on protracted internal displacement       Rajith Lakshman suggests that, in view of the current interest in the IDPs in Sri Lanka, the WG could initiate work with academics in that country Jeff Crisp would like to take forward an initiative on return and reintegration of IDPs Renu Modi is willing to agree on collective decisions on any initiatives Anne Davis would like to become more involved in urban profiling and link to newly-established JIPS to advise country teams on profiling More specific information to follow once she understands more about what the WG is doing Rev Pinnawala Sangasumana is interested in seeking possibilities to identify the real perception of IDPs on their present identity at the post conflict stage Zuhura Mahamed would like to address psycho-social support and vulnerability in IDPs