The Dual Imperative in Refugee Research: Some Methodological and Ethical Considerations in Social Science Research on Forced Migration

Social scientists doing fieldwork in humanitarian situations often face a dual imperative: research should be both academically sound and policy relevant. We argue that much of the current research on forced migration is based on unsound methodology, and that the data and subsequent policy conclusio...

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Main Authors: Jacobsen, Karen, Landau, Loren B.
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Inter-University Committee on International Migration 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97610