Research Assignments of The Orientation Course on Forced Migration 2013

Module A     /    Module B     /    Module C    /    Module D    /    Module E /    Module F

 

 

 

MODULE A

Partitions, Borders, and Forced Migration: Refugee Recognition, Status Determination, Relief, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement

(Research Assignments)

     

Participants opted for this module A should submit a research report/article within 4000 - 5000 words with end notes or foot notes on any one of the following themes:

 

1. Critically evaluate the situation of Rohingya refugees in South Asia with special emphasis on the issue of durable solutions. Can their prolonged refugee condition lead to statelessness?

 

2. Write an essay on struggle of climate and environmental refugees of Char area, Murshidabad with special emphasis on the issue of protections.

 

3. Write a paper on politics at the borders focusing on the state policies and subject practices in South Asia. Discuss how these control practices impact on norms and the goal of protection of refugees, the stateless, and other displaced population groups

 

 

 

Name of the Participants & Faculty

Abstract

Full Paper
 
Subho Protim Roychowdhury CLICK HERE  
Shreya Ghosh CLICK HERE  
Mobassherul Alam Chowdhury CLICK HERE  
Rajesh S Kharat CLICK HERE  

 

 

MODULE B

Gender Dimensions of Migration: Vulnerabilities, and Issues of Social Justice

(Research Assignments)

     

 

 

 

Name of the Participants & Faculty

Abstract

Full Paper
 
Vikash Kumar CLICK HERE  
T. Limanochet Jamir CLICK HERE  
Gobardhan Niroula CLICK HERE  
Debjani Shyam Roy CLICK HERE  
Sanalembi Devi CLICK HERE  

 

  

MODULE C

Legal Regimes for Protection of the Victims of Forced Migration: Refugees, IDPs, and the Stateless Population Groups

(Research Assignments)     

 

1.   Given the history of migration in South Asia, do you consider the question of South Asian countries ratifying the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees relevant? If yes, on what basis could one argue that this is so? Given the systematic erosion of the principles of the 1951 Convention, are South Asian countries finding novel ways of managing its population flows? If this is not a relevant issue anymore, how may one visualize a better legal protection mechanism for refugees in the South Asian region?

 

2.   What does the current Australian forced migration policy (one of the forms being the Australian-Malaysian swap deal) mean for forced migration discourse? Should it not be taken too seriously given that most states who have ratified the 1951 Convention have failed to abide by its principles? Or does it signify a changing pattern of refugee protection in the post (Sri-Lankan) and Snowdenian world?

 

3.   In what ways have refugees in “urban areas” benefited from the UNHCR Urban Refugee Policy? Discuss this with the realities of refugee protection in the South Asian region.

 

4. Do countries in the South Asian region, specially Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan (the last country although not officially part of South Asia, increasingly participating in the political and economic realities of the SA region) provide unique examples of the blurring of the terms “refugee”, “stateless person” and “internally displaced person”? Add to this that the overall conflict has forced many to leave in order to find better economies that are violence free (a case in point being Afghanistan), what becomes of the idea of the “refugee”?

 

 

Name of the Participants & Faculty

Abstract

Full Paper
 
Lopita Nath CLICK HERE  
Laxman Lamichhane CLICK HERE  
Neamatullah Neamat CLICK HERE  
Rajkumar Nagarajah CLICK HERE  
Sahana Basavapatna CLICK HERE  

 

 

 

 

MODULE D

Research Methodology in Forced Migration Studies

(Research Assignments)     

 

Participants opted for this module D should submit a research report/article within 4000 - 5000 words with end notes or foot notes on any one of the following themes:

 

1.     Do you think that there is any divergence between the legal and the ethical? Give reasons for your answer.

2.     Point out, in brief, the limitations of quantitative methods in Forced Migration Studies.

3.     Please read the Section on ‘Shefali’ in Samaddar’s Marginal Nation and comment on the methodology informing it.

 

 

 

Name of the Participants & Faculty

Abstract

Full Paper
 
Somali Bhattacharyya CLICK HERE  
Sangeeta Roy -  
Mohamed Munas CLICK HERE  
Samir Kumar Das CLICK HERE  
Shyamalendu Majumdar CLICK HERE  

 

 

 

MODULE E

Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Resource Politics, and Migration

(Research Assignments)     

 

1. The Impact of Climate Change on the Resources and Migration Patterns: Case Study of Sundarban Biosphere"

2. Climate Change and Environmental Refugees: The Case of Bangladesh

3. The Role of State in Displacement due to Natural Disasters: Case Study of Assam

4. Pattern of Displacement and Migration due to New Economic Developmental Models- Case Study Burma.
5. Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation in the Coastal Regions of India: Case of Odisha

 

 

 

Name of the Participants & Faculty

Abstract

Full Paper
 
Sayantani Chatterjee CLICK HERE  
Obayedul Hoque Patwary CLICK HERE  
Mausumi Chetia CLICK HERE  
Suchita Kumari CLICK HERE  
Manoj Kumar Mishra CLICK HERE  

 

 

MODULE F

Humanitarian Disasters, Human Rights Violations, and Social Media Journalism

(Research Assignments)