Op-ed

Tech companies should speak up for refugees, not only high-skilled immigrants

June 7, 2017 - Mark Latonero

Tech companies efforts to directly help and advocate for refugees have been admirable. But collective action from the tech sector would be more effective for swaying the opinions of the courts and the public.

Prison radicalisation and the alienation of Muslims

April 6, 2017 - William Dugdale

The prevention of radicalisation in prisons specifically focuses on Muslim detainees and often relies on isolation. Here is how this may foster alienation rather than rehabilitation and why we should focus more on promoting integration than isolation.

The role of big data in refugee contexts

March 27, 2017 - Margie Cheesman

How can big data analytics help map the trends in ongoing migration, describe the sentiments in the countries involved, or predict areas of conflict? There are many ways of doing big data and it is crucial we get it right in the context of migration aid.

If the EU wants to be the bastion of liberal democracy it must stop demonising refugees and migrants too

February 11, 2017 - Nando Sigona

While the rhetoric is certainly diverging between the US and EU since Trump took office, in practice there are many substantial points of convergence between the two sides of the Atlantic as far as the treatment of refugees and migrants is concerned.

Losing ground: listening to the voices of climate refugees

February 8, 2017 - Rebecca Buxton & Theophilus Kwek

By focusing exclusively on the long-term effects of air pollution or ocean acidification, protestors and politicians alike risk freezing the voices – and choices – of today’s climate refugees out of the debate. But climate refugees are already struggling to be heard and we must do our best to listen, now.

Promoting rights to oppose prison radicalisation

February 6, 2017 - Patrizio Gonnella

Lately, radicalisation has been the subject of many debates, not always appropriate. Much has been said about the risk that Italian prisons become the breeding ground for an army of terrorists. We will start from the numbers that generated this alarm, than make some linguistic observations and finally outline some proposals based on prevention strategies that would promote a real security.

Hackathon and refugees: we can do better.

September 28, 2016 - Tin Geber

Are hackathons helping the refugee crisis? Is the social change community too techno-solutionist? How about we try to radically change hackathons in a way that’s not sexy but might provide actual results?