Refugees, Forced Migration and Belonging, CERT

Overview

Offered through Clark University’s International Development, Community, and Environment Department (IDCE), the refugees, forced migration, and belonging certification combines a local and global perspective to explore effective ways to support displaced populations in North America, Europe, and other key refugee-receiving regions. You gain a grounded understanding of displacement and forced migration issues, taking into account the complex social, political, economic, and environmental factors shaping population movement.

Rather than focus solely on emergency management or international refugee policy, we believe that understanding global migration - voluntary or forced - requires a comparative and historically-grounded approach that weighs the perspectives of different actors. In our refugees, forced migration, and belonging program, we take a participatory, community-based and refugee-centered approach to our work: We prioritize the experiences of affected populations, including migratory and settled groups, and we work with them to identify strategies to remake belonging.

Refugees, Displacement and Forced Migration Studies Certificate Requirements

Students complete 3 units to earn a certificate. Two units are required or core courses. One unit is elective.

Core Courses (1 Unit)

• IDCE 30297 - Refugees, Forced Migration, and Belonging  

Electives (2 Unit) 

• IDCE 30108 Research Methods for Forced Migration  
• IDCE 314 - Education and Youth in a Global Context  
• IDCE 330 - Theory and Methods in Genocide and Human Rights Studies  
• IDCE 383 - Cultures in Exile  
• IDCE 347 - Human Rights Strategy, Tactics, and Practice  
• IDCE 30111 - Urban Development: Process and Change  
• IDCE 30154 - Mega Development: Exploring The Nexus Between Natural Resource Extraction, Infrastructure Development and Environment  
• IDCE 30231 - Humanitarian Assistances in Complex Emergencies/Disasters  
• IDCE 30235 - Trafficking: Globalization and Its Illicit Commodities 30235   
• IDCE 30397 People on the Move Research Studio  
• IDCE 30243 - Seeing Like a Humanitarian Agency  

Core Faculty in the Program of Refugees, Displacement and Forced Migration Studies

Cynthia Caron

Anita Fabos

Jude Fernando

Ken Maclean