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Over the past year, the Forced Migration Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Comparative Immigration Studies has been conducting research on the resettlement process for refugees in San Diego County, California, specifically self-sufficiency, education, and health programs offered through NGOs and other community groups. We have looked at this process from the perspective of both beneficiaries (utilizing as our primary population the recently resettled Somali Bantu from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya) and local NGOs and community organizations. We plan to publish a white paper within the next couple of months and would like to present our findings at the upcoming IASFM conference. We are looking for other interested researchers who have conducted similar studies - primarily in western receiving countries who might be interested in participating with us on a panel to discuss comparative issues, approaches, and lessons learned. Essentially, the panel would be made up of several "case studies," San Diego being one of them. We feel that this would be a very valuable endeavor - as the topic fits squarely into the conference theme of finding new solutions. The two presenters of this research will be Nathaniel H. Goetz, Interim Director, Forced Migration Laboratory, UCSD Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, and Andrew H. Chen, Research Intern, Forced Migration Laboratory, UCSD Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Nathaniel H. Goetz at [log in to unmask] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources.