Oxford Department of International Development

The Oxford Department of International Development is the hub for the University of Oxford's work in development and a unit of the University's Social Sciences Division. Its objective is to conduct high level research which advances understanding of the complex economic, social and political processes of change in countries in the poorer parts of the world and to educate students to understand these processes in disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspective. The Department is located at Queen Elizabeth House in Mansfield Road and is often referred to as 'QEH'.

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Title	Description	People	Date
FMR 41 Preventing displacement	Displacement can be a means of escaping violence but it can also bring great suffering. Displacement is not inevitable, so what can we do to prevent it?	Valerie Amos	8 May, 2013
FMR 41 From the editors	From the editors.	Editors	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Proud to be Tunisian	Proud to be Tunisian.	Elizabeth Eyster, Houda Chalchoul, Carole Lalève	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Migrants caught in crisis	A number of new initiatives point to ways in which the international community, particularly governments, could help reduce the vulnerabilities of migrant workers during conflict and crisis situations.	Brian Kelly	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Newly recognised humanitarian actors	'New' humanitarian leaders are growing in profile, impact and capacity. They need to be recognised as equals by the international humanitarian community.	James Shaw-Hamilton	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 An asylum spring in the new Libya?	An asylum spring in the new Libya?	Jean-François Durieux, Violeta Moreno-Lax, Marina Sharpe	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Protection for migrants after the Libyan Revolution	Irregular and mixed migration is still of great concern in post-revolutionary Libya, made more complex by the securitisation of border control issues and the inherent challenges of an interim government consolidating its authority.	Samuel Cheung	8 May, 2013
FMR 39	The Dublin II Regulation makes the first safe country of refuge solely responsible for refugees and asylum seekers. In the case of Italy, the first responsible country has not been acting responsibly.	Raffaela Puggioni	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 From commitment to practice: the EU response	The EU's response to events in North Africa in 2011 indicates that more is needed to translate a commitment to solidarity from limited aid and statements of principle into practical reality.	Madeline Garlick, Joanne van Selm	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Looking beyond legal status to human need	What humanitarians can expect more of in the future is more mixed flows defying rigid categorisation and calling for a humanitarian response based on common needs for assistance and protection.	Tarak Bach Baouab, Hernan del Valle, Katharine Derderian, Aurelie Ponthieu	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Protecting and assisting migrants caught in crises	The 2011 Libya crisis brought into sharp focus how global migration patterns are re-defining the range and type of needs and vulnerabilities of persons affected by a humanitarian crisis.	Mohammed Abdiker, Angela Sherwood	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 We are not all Egyptian	For many refugees in Egypt the weeks of the revolution were marked by isolation, fear and brutality. In the aftermath of the revolution, the promise of greater freedom has not yet been extended to refugees.	Martin Jones	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Dispossession and displacement in Libya	Inability to access pre-displacement housing, land and property poses a significant obstacle to the achievement of durable solutions for most IDPs in Libya. Displacement and dispossession cannot be separated from the legacy of the Gaddafi era.	Rhodri C Williams	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Resettlement is needed for refugees in Tunisia	With Tunisia experiencing wide-ranging political, social and economic change, there is an imperative need to alleviate the burden of hosting people fleeing Libya who are unable to return to their countries of origin.	Amaya Valcárcel	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Local hosting and transnational identity	Tunisian people, rather than their government, led the response to the humanitarian crisis when Libyans started their own revolt and people starting fleeing across the border.	Katherine E Hoffman	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 The reintegration programme for Bangladeshi returnees	When evacuated Bangladeshi migrants arrived home, the government, civil society, international organisations and the private sector cooperated to help them.	Anita J Wadud	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 The bittersweet return home	Migrants left Libya in haste and in fear for their lives. A rapid international response saved lives and facilitated the return home but a premature return may have some unwelcome repercussions.	Asmita Naik, Frank Laczko	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Legal protection frameworks	The large-scale displacement associated with the recent popular uprisings in North Africa both reinforces and challenges the role of legal protection mechanisms.	Tamara Wood	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Bordering on a crisis	While the phenomenon of 'mixed migratory flows' has long been recognised, this was the first time it applied to a large-scale displacement. It required a coordinated humanitarian response for a large and diverse group of displaced persons.	Guido Ambroso	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Migration and revolution	The Arab Spring has not radically transformed migration patterns in the Mediterranean, and the label 'migration crisis' does not do justice to the composite and stratified reality.	Hein de Haas, Nando Sigona	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Broadening our perspective	Broadening our perspective, remarks from the IOM Director General.	William Lacy Swing	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 Positive lessons from the Arab Spring	Positive lessons from the Arab Spring.	António Guterres	8 May, 2013
FMR 39 From the editors	From the editors.	Editors	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Protracted internal displacement: is local integration a solution?	Recent research in six countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America highlights a range of factors that may help or hinder integration.	Elizabeth Ferris, Kate Halff	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Kenyan refugees included in transitional justice processes	In the complex relationship between forced migration and transitional justice, a visit by the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to a refugee settlement in Uganda seems to mark a significant step.	Bernadette Iyodu	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Preventing partner violence in refugee and immigrant communities	For many refugees and other forced migrants, sexual and gender-based violence does not necessarily stop after resettlement; for some, that may be when it starts.	Greta Uehling, Alberto Bouroncle, Carter Roeber, Nathaniel Tashima, Cathleen Crain	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 A new strategy for meeting humanitarian challenges in urban areas	Experience indicates that significant challenges remain across key humanitarian operational approaches relating to the needs of growing numbers of IDPs and refugees who migrate to cities.	Roger Zetter, George Deikun	8 May, 2013
FMr 38 Forgotten and unattended: refugees in post-earthquake Japan	Refugees and asylum seekers suffered restrictions on movement, increased impoverishment and shortage of essential information.	Katsunori Koike	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Language training in the Czech Republic	Language skills are crucial for the integration of refugees into the local community. In the Czech Republic, all persons granted international protection have the legal right to language tuition but there are shortcomings in provision.	Markéta Bačáková	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Nearly a refugee: thoughts from Cairo	Turbulence in North Africa and the Middle East has forced many to flee their homes and countries. One woman in Cairo, on the brink of flight, considers her options.	Shaden Khallaf	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 'Identity unknown': migrant deaths at sea	Political unrest in North Africa has led to a resurgence in irregular migration to Europe and an increase in migrant deaths at sea, yet there is still no framework for identifying those who die or recording their numbers.	Stefanie Grant	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 New technologies always an improvement?	New technologies always an improvement?	LIsbeth Pilegaard	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Sifting hype from reality	Sifting hype from reality.	Paul Currion	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Technology: bringing solutions or disruptions?	The availability of information through new technologies is challenging existing power relations and current ways of working, and we may not be prepared for the consequences.	Paul Currion	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Country of Origin Information: old problems, modern solutions	The current multitude of sources of information paradoxically renders access to good quality Country of Origin Information for refugee status determination procedures quite cumbersome.	Marco Formisano	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Sharing sensitive data on forced migrants	Can a collaborative web-platform for sharing critical demographic information about displaced people improve delivery and response?	Prisca Benelli, Alessandro Guarino, Jen Ziemke	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Technology and engineering to support work with refugees	New partnerships are being forged to encourage young engineers to use their skills in the service of refugees.	Stephanie Hunt, Geoffrey C Orsak	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 The role of technology in family tracing in Kenya	Capitalising on the spread of mobile phones and the internet, new digital tools can help refugees trace missing family members. Security of data is a vital aspect of any such tools.	Lucy Kiama, Christopher Mikkelsen, Caroline Njeri, Mikkel Hansen	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Making online connections	Internet-based technologies are changing the way refugees are able to remain connected to their origins while adjusting to life in a new country.	Jennifer Flemming	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 The networking Tibetan diaspora	The networking Tibetan diaspora.	Emma Tobin	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Satellite phones help rescue of refugees	Satellite phones help rescue of refugees.	Virginia Signorini	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Refugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda	Refugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda.	Angella Nabwowe-Kasule	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Android phones for mosquito net surveys	Android phones for mosquito net surveys.	Sarah Hoibak, Marian Schilperoord	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Community Technology Access project	Community Technology Access project.	Daniela Ionita	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 Mobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur	Mobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur.	Kbede Deribe	8 May, 2013
FMR 38 From the local community in Colombia into cyberspace	From the local community in Colombia into cyberspace.	Juan David Gómez-Quintero	8 May, 2013
Transnational Religious Spaces: Faith and the Brazilian Migration Experience	Olivia Sheringham launches her new book.	Olivia Sheringham	26 April, 2013
Exceptional People; How Migration Shaped our World and will Define our Future	In this talk, Professor Ian Goldin discusses the themes arising in his book Exceptional People, which looks at the profound advantages that such dynamics will have for countries and migrants the world over.	Ian Goldin	26 April, 2013
FMR 38 Disabled persons database after Pakistan floods	Disabled persons database after Pakistan floods.	Niaz Ullah Khan	23 April, 2013
FMR 38 GBV data collection and sharing	GBV data collection and sharing.	Kristy Crabtree	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 How displaced communities use technology to access financial services	As drought forces hundreds of thousands of Somalis to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia or to displaced camps within Somali territories, providing financial services might not seem an immediate priority.	Abdirashid Duale	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Online connection for remittances	nternet cafés in refugee camps allow refugees to maintain and create networks for overseas remittances. For many displaced people, maintaining these ties is vital.	Naohiko Omata	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 What Ushahidi can do to track displacement	Ushahidi is an interactive mapping tool for use in crisis situations, which humanitarian workers can use to help them target assistance.	Galya Ruffer	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Phoning home	Simply having access to technology does not resolve the problem of communication between displaced people and their families.	Linda Leung	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Web-based monitoring in an insecure environment	UNHCR has developed Project Tracking and IDP databases for its work in Iraq in order to facilitate its operations at a lower risk to all stakeholders and to improve financial accountability, oversight and transparency.	Andrew Harper	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Remote visual evidence of displacement	Geospatial technologies such as satellite imagery provide a means of 'reaching' a conflict zone when on-the-ground reporting may be too dangerous, a region too remote, or access denied.	Susan Wolfinbarger, Jessica Wyndham	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Open access to scholarly research	Forced migration authors hold the key to enabling free and unfettered access to the full text of research articles.	Elisa Mason	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Luxembourg-UNHCR-Skype synergies	A recent strategic partnership between UNHCR, the Government of Luxembourg and communications software provider Skype is keeping UNHCR staff in hardship locations in touch with their families and friends.	Antoine Bertout, Marc de Bourcy, Mohammad Faisal	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Access to information - inclusive or exclusive?	Do new technologies increase access to information and knowledge for all, or are they deepening a technological divide?	Sandra Krause, Diana Quick	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Early warning of mass atrocity crimes	The use of new technologies for early warning systems can help reduce people's vulnerability to mass violence.	Phoebe Wynn-Pope	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Technology in aid of learning for isolated refugees	The lack of higher education opportunities for refugees, many of whom flee before being able to complete their education, is a widely acknowledged problem.	Petra Dankova, Clotilde Giner	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 The only constant is change	Advances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change?	Mariko Hall	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Disaster Response 2.0	The traditional disaster response community is only now beginning to assimilate the vast changes that new technologies could bring for information management in their field.	Jeffrey Villaveces	16 April, 2013
FMR 38 Citizen initiatives in Haiti	The 2010 earthquake in Haiti ushered in a new era for the role and power of technology and communication systems in disaster response, especially for how local responders used them.	Imogen Wall	9 April, 2013
FMR 38 Foreword	Foreword to issue 37 of Forced Migration Review.	T Alexander Aleinikoff	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 The road from Kabul	New UNHCR research investigates the motivations for and challenges associated with the migration of young Afghans to Europe.	Lucia Cipullo, Jeff Crisp	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 The pervertibility of refugee status	The desire to categorise all those seeking refuge throws up continuing challenges to traditions of hospitality and to the realisation of migrants' rights.	Ana Paula Penchaszadeh	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 The Kampala Convention and protection from arbitrary displacement	The Kampala Convention breaks new ground in elevating the right to be protected from arbitrary displacement to a binding legal norm.	Maria Stavropoulou	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Safe and suitable return for women fleeing conflict in Liberia	When women migrants return, they can face daunting challenges to re-integration but can also contribute to development and transforming societies.	Victoria Ijeoma Nwogu	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 The displaced also protest	Displaced people in Colombia are resorting to mass demonstrations to persuade their government to assume its responsibilities towards them.	Freddy A Guerrero, Estefanía Vanegas	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Rumour versus information	Central to Iraqi refugees' efforts to resolve the question of their immediate future is their access to good information about resettlement and return.	Adam Saltsman	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 What hope for IDPs in a new Sudan?	The most probable outcome of the 2011 referendum is that Southern Sudan secedes from the North, breaking Sudan into two independent nation states.	Taghrid Hashim Ahmed	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Foundations for repatriation and peace in DRC	Parties to the protracted Congolese conflict have long promoted fear of 'the other' and a thirst for revenge; these attitudes must be addressed if peace is to have a chance.	Vanessa Noël Brown	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Of tripartites, peace and returns	After international agreements covering the return of refugees to Equateur and North Kivu, the challenge is to create local structures that can make the agreements work.	Steve Hege	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Return in the political context of North Kivu	Durable returns of IDPs and refugees into some of the most densely populated areas in eastern DRC are never going to be a simple exercise.	Fergus Thomas	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Refugee return and root causes of conflict	Since independence, violent conflicts in eastern DRC have been linked to access to land, affirmation of ethnic identities and competition for political control.	Maria Lange	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Training trainers in reproductive health	The cascade training model has brought clinical training closer to the areas in DRC most in need of skilled staff to serve conflict-affected women experiencing complications in pregnancy and childbirth.	Boubacar Toure, Hélène Harroff-Tavel, Sara Casey, Tegan Culler	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 ICRC: careful analysis is the key	In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) combines its protection and assistance activities and focuses on 'priority zones' where armed actors are present.	Alena Koscalova, Elena Lucchi, Sabine Kampmüller	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Innovation in cash-voucher programming	Cash vouchers offer flexibility, enabling payment for school fees as well as for basic necessities. They also empower people who, in displacement, have been deprived of choice.	Kokoévi Sossouvi	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 The Data Centre for IDPs in North Kivu	Effective provision of aid and protection for those displaced in eastern DRC requires reliable data which the new Data Centre in North Kivu is helping to provide.	Laura Jacqueline Church	9 April, 2013
FMR 36 Civil society and the displaced persons of Bandundu	Local organisations in Bandundu province located in western DRC are struggling to meet the needs of displaced persons in the absence of government or international assistance.	Pierre Sossou, Boanerges M’Paty, Fulgence Buzika	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 DRC: a donor perspective	Donor engagement in DRC is more important than ever but donors need to reassess their strategies.	Seb Fouquet	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Too big to fail	The UN integrated mission in DRC and the piloting of humanitarian reform there have been necessarily innovative in a challenging context.	Ross Mountain	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Press-ganged children	Addressing the fate of children who are recruited into armed conflicts is not as simple as demanding their exclusion from those conflicts.	Axel Poullard	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Evictions from DRC's protected areas	There is an increasing number of people who are being evicted from DRC's 'protected areas' both by the government and by international conservation organisations.	Kai Schmidt-Soltau	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Not going home: displaced youth after war	In preparing for a post conflict DRC, we should be more aware of young people's aspirations, the opportunities open to them, and the challenges they face in building a decent life.	Timothy Raeymaekers	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Land, IDPs and mediation	Unmanaged resettlement of IDPs in eastern DRC might threaten an already fragile security situation.	Baptiste Raymond	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Land and property disputes impeding return and reintegration	A survey conducted by UNHCR in 2009 in IDP camps in North Kivu shows that access to land is the second factor after security which prevents people from returning to their zone of origin.	Oumar Sylla	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Preventing sexual violence	While there has been more focus on assistance to survivors of sexual violence after they have been attacked, not enough resources or political attention are devoted to preventing these acts of violence from occurring in the first place.	Melanie Teff, Camilla Campisi	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Protection from sexual violence in DRC	While service provision for survivors of sexual violence is the top priority, protection for women and girls can also be improved in DRC.	Sarah Mosely, Talita Cetinoglu, Marit Glad	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Beyond the silence: sexual violence in eastern DRC	The sexual violence laws introduced in DRC in 2006 have had only limited impact. A much louder condemnation of rape and a far more proactive approach to prevention are urgently needed.	Jessica Keralis	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 Displacement trends in DRC	Internal displacement has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nearly 20 years. This article provides an overview of the scale and causes of displacement.	Greta Zeender, Jacob Rothing	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 The role of governance and research	Forced migration is not new to DRC but its extent and its consequences are still shocking. Good governance and research must play a stronger role if life is to improve for the citizens of DRC.	Bernard Mumpasi Lututala	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 The dynamics of instability in eastern DRC	The conflict in eastern Congo has been the most deadly one since the second World War, and its social consequences have been disastrous. Solutions to the conflict must look to the long term.	Pierre Jacquemot	8 April, 2013
FMR 36 A scandal that needs to end	While the crisis in the Kivus has been a focus of action and advocacy by the international community for decades, further conflicts have been proliferating in all four corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).	John Holmes	8 April, 2013
FMR 35 Local integration of refugees in Brazil	Local integration is a complex economic, political, social and cultural process.	Julia Bertino Moreira, Rosana Baeninger	8 April, 2013
FMR 35 Amnesty for clandestine refugees in Brazil	The story of clandestine refugees in Brazil.	Alex André Vargem	8 April, 2013
FMR 35 Enhancing refugees' integration: new initiatives in Brazil	Recent initiatives in Brazil have strengthened protection and enhanced integration opportunities for refugees.	Liliana Lyra Jubilut	8 April, 2013
FMR 35 Brazil and the spirit of Cartagena	The Declaration of Cartagena is important as it includes elements that link the three threads of international protection, humanitarian law, human rights and the rights of refugees, in legislation, interpretation and operation.	Luiz Paulo Teles Ferreira Barreto, Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão	8 April, 2013
FMR 35 Protection in natural disasters	Preparing for, responding to and recovering from natural disasters is as much about human rights as about delivery of relief items and logistics.	Elizabeth Ferris	8 April, 2013

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