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Mobility is emerging as a key concern for the urban refugees participating in our PDUW research. How can they make the most of urban life if they can't move around the city? Read this short piece about Fardosa, a Somali refugee in Eastleigh, Nairobi. protracteddisplacement.org/refugees-resid… #IIED

IIED is hiring! We are looking for a quant and mixed methods researcher to join the team working on our protracteddisplacement.org project. More details here: jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescri…

IIED is at the WUF in Poland!

We just launched this paper World Urban Forum - setting out IIED’s approaches to housing, climate justice, resilience and migration in the context of a changing climate pubs.iied.org/21006iied

Back in 2009 when I got my PhD I thought my studying days were over. How wrong I was! #everydayisaschoolday

We are recruiting for a consultant to work with us on three projects focused on urban refugees in Jordan. Fantastic opportunity for a talented researcher who also wants to influence policy for displaced people. More info here: jobs.iied.org/IIED/JobDescri…

Join IIED, Mayors Migration Council, Nairobi City County & African Youth Action Network - AYAN on Dec 6th as we present findings from our protracteddisplacement.org study, launch a brief on refugees and city planning, and hear from refugee & city leaders on working together. Register here: bit.ly/3XhGxNd

Refugee camps may be an easy way to offer support to people in an emergency but they should not be the long-term solution. New research shows that #refugees in East Africa who live in cities experience better wellbeing and more economic opportunities. --> iied.org/wellbeing-refu…

In many countries, host governments require refugees to live in camps rather than cities. Life in Kenya’s Dadaab #refugee camp is described by one woman as "suffocating. It’s like living in a bottle enclosed from all ends and recycling the same oxygen". iied.org/wellbeing-refu…

Recording this podcast with the fabulous Romola Sanyal from LSE Geography & Environment was a lot of fun. Hopefully fun to listen to too! lse.ac.uk/geography-and-…

For those of you doing research with urban refugees and IDPs - come and present a paper in London!

Hot off the press! New paper dispelling myths about protracted displacement based on our PDUW research project iied.org/21631iied

Hi Rio Ferdinand. There’s a playground on the Friary Estate where you grew up that was vandalised last year. It’s been cordoned off to kids for 18 months by Southwark Council. Can you help?

Great session hosted by Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) in Nairobi today to launch our latest IIED policy brief on urban refugees and highlight the need to improve mobility and support displaced people’s wellbeing and enterprises. iied.org/21951iied

Fantastic blog on the challenges facing transgender refugees from Adrian Kibe

Check out the new photostory from IIED’s team working on forced displacement. We interviewed 8 Somali women refugees whose paths diverged after they reached Kenya. Read their stories from the camp and the city here: iied.org/diverging-path…

It’s the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week. Can we use the platforms (finally) made available to discuss urban refugees to shift the stereotypes about who they are, their needs for assistance and their right to settle in cities? iied.org/international-…

Read all about the ‘urban first’ approach to refugee response in this new IIED blog from me and Alison Brown from Cardiff University iied.org/urban-first-wo…

Film screening and IIED debate with Marvin Rees on the ‘urban first’ approach to refugees coming up on Feb 12th. Join in person in Bristol or online - free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/far-away-fro…

We're hiring! We have a consultancy opportunity for a quantitative social scientist or data scientist to work with us on our refugee wellbeing research project. Find more info here: iied.org/wanted-data-le…