Call For Papers Extended to Monday November 14th
The Forced Migration Innovation Project at Southern Methodist University is pleased to announce the Call For Papers for its conference on Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-laddering, to be held at the Dallas Highland and Conference Center in Dallas, Texas from 4th-5th March 2015.
2015 SPECIAL CONFERENCE FOCUS:
"Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-Laddering "
Stakeholders in refugee resettlement around the globe are searching for innovative and durable solutions to sustainable refugee livelihoods. In response, the Forced Migration Innovation Project at Southern Methodist University is committed to bringing the best and brightest ideas in livelihood and career-laddering innovation. This unique conference will gather academics, service providers, employers, state actors, faith based organizations, and academics to inspire creative collaborative paths forward. Its goal is to inspire the rethinking of refugees in resettlement as active agents in their own livelihoods.
The 2015 meeting will focus on this provocative subject. We welcome debate, discourse, and research from scholars and practitioners who want to engage with a broad audience these issues as well as other subjects related to facilitating moves for newcomers toward sustainable livelihoods.
CONFERENCE THEMES:
Proposals for inspiring presentations, workshops, short films, posters, or colloquia are invited that address the broader themes listed below. In addition to the special focus, paper presentations will be grouped into one of the following categories for presentation at the conference:
Theme 1: New technologies aiding marginalized populations in obtaining sustainable livelihoods
Theme 2: Creative private/public sector partnerships moving newcomers into living wages
Theme 3: Mainstream development programming that could be adapted to limited English speakers
Theme 4: Innovative solutions to overcoming the traditional barriers to career-laddering
Theme 5: Policy and public discourse - barriers and prospects for overcoming them
Theme 6: Refugee voices - their experiences and strategies for overcoming obstacles in career-laddering
Deadline to submit a proposal (a title and short abstract) is 4 November 2014. Please direct submissions to to [log in to unmask] with FMIP Abstract in the subject line.
For more information on submitting your proposal and registering for the conference, please visit the link below:
www.smu-fmip.org
Dr. Faith Nibbs
Director Forced Migration Innovation Project
Department of Anthropology
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750336
Dallas, TX 75275
Office- 214-768-0039
Fax -214-768-2906
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