current projects
The Leir Institute’s research is rooted in our mission: to help policymakers and practitioners develop more equitable and sustainable responses to migration and its root causes by employing a human security approach. True to this approach, our programs combine practice, education, and research that employs multi-disciplinary frames of analysis, drawing on principles of governance, human rights, gender, conflict resolution, livelihoods, nutrition and public health, and humanitarian assistance.
Current Projects
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LMI has as a primary goal to establish a comprehensive understanding of migration leadership through global best practices and real-world experiences, fostering constructive dialogues on effective leadership in this domain.
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SWS is a three-year project that investigates how Western migration securitization policies may be reshaping the global order at both state and non-state levels.
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RIT promotes understanding of the migrant/refugee integration experience by drawing on the knowledge and perspectives of refugees themselves as well as local hosts.
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The Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security utilizes innovative methodologies pioneered by its faculty and fellows to advance local understandings of migration and its root causes. In an era of nationalized and securitized discourses on migration, we focus on the human and community impact, elucidated through participatory qualitative fieldwork. We not only use new technologies to scale our research, but also train the next generation of adaptive leaders by employing community partners and Fletcher students to conduct it. By leveraging the Fletcher alumni network, we engage leading non-governmental organizations, academic partners, and government agencies in our research. This builds local capacity and informs evidence-driven policy co-created by stakeholders themselves.
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Our greatest resources are our students and alumni. Fletcher students are internationally known for being creative thinkers who look beyond the four corners of a problem and its apparent solution. They come from more than 70 countries with a mix of disciplinary backgrounds and several years of relevant work experience. While at Fletcher, they are eager to engage with policy-relevant, applied research, which provides us with a ready-made talent pool from which to draw for staffing our projects. Upon graduation, they carry these skills into the workforce and join a global alumni network that spans the private sector, NGOs, international organizations, academia, and all levels of government. Our ability to tap into this network is instrumental in providing us with access, insight, information, and strategic partnerships as we carry out our work.
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