From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research

This article traces a key logical framework in migration research: policy relevance. While many scholars and practitioners call for a closer relationship between research objectives and policy relevance; others have argued otherwise. Research which privileges the worldviews of forced migrants; rathe...

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Main Authors: Benson, Odessa Gonzalez, Temprosa, Francis Tom, Shlebah, Sura
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.ateneo-school-of-law-pubs-10502022-08-21T02:28:53Z From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research Benson, Odessa Gonzalez Temprosa, Francis Tom Shlebah, Sura This article traces a key logical framework in migration research: policy relevance. While many scholars and practitioners call for a closer relationship between research objectives and policy relevance; others have argued otherwise. Research which privileges the worldviews of forced migrants; rather than those of policymakers and practitioners; holds promise for moving beyond strict policy-laden and often legal categories; thereby creating new knowledge and priorities for policy itself. In this article; we unpack the denouement of this argument; that is; what has transpired in Forced Migration Studies since. Policy irrelevant research seeks to challenge taken-for-granted knowledge; and this article interrogates the politics and the imperatives; both ethical and practical; that arise from such a challenge. To that end; we look at the goals and conduct of a case study of organizations run by and for resettled refugees in the United States. This study illustrates how challenging policy-defined assumptions and categories; and raising critical perspectives drawn from forced migrants' voices; yields implications for policy. To get there; research moves beyond categories and asks new questions through a deconstructive approach; yet going from here; we argue; entails another role for forced migration research; an active" approach that involves critical translation and application. At this juncture of forced migration research; policy irrelevant research seeks to make itself relevant and reasserts itself in policy discourses." 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/ateneo-school-of-law-pubs/52 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3625370 Ateneo School of Law Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo policy refugees forced migration research Immigration Law Law
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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continent Asia
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Philippines
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topic policy
refugees
forced migration
research
Immigration Law
Law
spellingShingle policy
refugees
forced migration
research
Immigration Law
Law
Benson, Odessa Gonzalez
Temprosa, Francis Tom
Shlebah, Sura
From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
description This article traces a key logical framework in migration research: policy relevance. While many scholars and practitioners call for a closer relationship between research objectives and policy relevance; others have argued otherwise. Research which privileges the worldviews of forced migrants; rather than those of policymakers and practitioners; holds promise for moving beyond strict policy-laden and often legal categories; thereby creating new knowledge and priorities for policy itself. In this article; we unpack the denouement of this argument; that is; what has transpired in Forced Migration Studies since. Policy irrelevant research seeks to challenge taken-for-granted knowledge; and this article interrogates the politics and the imperatives; both ethical and practical; that arise from such a challenge. To that end; we look at the goals and conduct of a case study of organizations run by and for resettled refugees in the United States. This study illustrates how challenging policy-defined assumptions and categories; and raising critical perspectives drawn from forced migrants' voices; yields implications for policy. To get there; research moves beyond categories and asks new questions through a deconstructive approach; yet going from here; we argue; entails another role for forced migration research; an active" approach that involves critical translation and application. At this juncture of forced migration research; policy irrelevant research seeks to make itself relevant and reasserts itself in policy discourses."
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author Benson, Odessa Gonzalez
Temprosa, Francis Tom
Shlebah, Sura
author_facet Benson, Odessa Gonzalez
Temprosa, Francis Tom
Shlebah, Sura
author_sort Benson, Odessa Gonzalez
title From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
title_short From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
title_full From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
title_fullStr From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
title_full_unstemmed From Policy Irrelevance to a Return to Relevance: Active Strategies in Forced Migration Research
title_sort from policy irrelevance to a return to relevance: active strategies in forced migration research
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/ateneo-school-of-law-pubs/52
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3625370
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