Refugees and Host Communities: perspectives, evidence and thinking

Hilary 2020 / Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:00, Convened by Centre on Migration, Policy & Society

Seminar Room, 61 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PE

The Hilary Term 2020 Seminar at COMPAS, is funded by the John Fell Fund as part of The Socio-Economic Impact of Refugees on Local Communities (SERLOCAL) project. For more information visit: https://www.econforced.com/serlocal

23 January - 27 February
Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:00

Free, no registration needed
All are welcome

23 January, 2020: What Does ‘Social Cohesion’ Mean for Refugees and Hosts? Ethnographic Insights from Kakuma, Kenya

Cory Rodgers, Pedro Arrupe Research Fellow in Forced Migration Studies, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Watch this short video of Cory describing his work.
30 January, 2020: Informality and the Labour Market Effects of Mass Migration: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Gabriel Ulyssea, Associate Professor in Development Economics, University of Oxford
6 February, 2020: Cooperation in a Fragmented Society: Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees and Natives in Lebanon

Bilal Malaeb, Postdoctoral Research Officer, Institute of Global Affairs (IGA), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Watch this short video of Bilal describing his work.
27 February, 2020: The Impacts of Refugees beyond the Labour Markets in Africa

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp

Read the associated blog post here and watch this short video of Jean-Francois describing his work.