Forced Migration Research
From Theory to Practice in
Promoting Migrant Well-Being
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Steve Olson and Malay K. Majmundar, Rapporteurs
Committee on Population
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE MOVEMENTS
ELLEN P. KRALY (Cochair), Malmö University and Colgate University
HOLLY E. REED (Cochair), Queens College, City University of New York
SUSAN MCGRATH, York University
PIA ORRENIUS, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
ROMESH SILVA, United Nations Population Fund
PAUL B. SPIEGEL, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
SARAH STAVETEIG, U.S. Department of State
MALAY K. MAJMUNDAR, Study Director
ELLIE GRIMES, Senior Program Assistant
COMMITTEE ON POPULATION
KATHLEEN MULLAN HARRIS (Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
LISA F. BERKMAN, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
NANCY BIRDSALL, Center for Global Development
ANN K. BLANC, The Population Council
VICKI A. FREEDMAN, University of Michigan
DANA A. GLEI, Georgetown University
ROBERT A. HUMMER, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
HILLARD S. KAPLAN, Chapman University
HEDWIG LEE, Washington University
JENNIFER J. MANLY, Columbia University Medical Center
EMILIO A. PARRADO, University of Pennsylvania
ISABEL V. SAWHILL, The Brookings Institution
JOHN R. WILMOTH, United Nations
REBECCA WONG, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
MALAY K. MAJMUNDAR, Director
Acknowledgments
This document summarizes the discussions and presentations at the Workshop on Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being. Held in Washington, DC, May 21–22, 2019, the workshop was convened by the Committee on Population of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and it was sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
This proceedings has been prepared by the workshop rapporteurs as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop. The planning committee’s role was limited to planning and convening the workshop. The views contained in the proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the planning committee, or the National Academies.
This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.
We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings: Jeffrey S. Passel, senior demographer, Pew Research Center; and Holly E. Reed, Department of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York. We also thank staff member Jennifer A. Cohen for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by Jeremy Sabloff, external professor emeritus and past president, Santa Fe Institute, and Ellen W. Clayton, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies.
Malay K. Majmundar, Director
Committee on Population
Contents
Overview and Highlights of the Workshop and This Publication
2 GLOBAL, NATIONAL, AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Global Migration Trends, Motivations, and Policies
Forced Migration Research in the United States
The Ethical Implications of Research on Forced Migration
3 ANALYTICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
Conceptualizing and Measuring “Integration”
Population and Demographic Data on Forcibly Displaced Persons
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the Service of Refugees
5 ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION DATA COLLECTION AND MEASUREMENT: SURVEY RESEARCH
6 ISSUES IN RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF MIGRANT INTEGRATION
Environmental Displacement and Migrant Integration
Estimating the Impact of Newcomer Programs on Child Migrant Education and Acculturation
Resilience, Recovery, Culture, and Acculturation
7 INCORPORATING DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN PROGRAM DESIGN, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION
Organizational Efforts to Become Evidence Based in Humanitarian Settings
Using Research to Improve Advocacy
Narrative and Participatory Research Approaches
8 ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION MODELING AND PROJECTIONS
Modeling and Simulation for Forced Migration Research
New Tools for Estimating, Understanding, and Forecasting Migration Flows
Global, National, and Ethical Issues
Analytical and Conceptual Issues
Registration and Administrative Data
Research Design and Analysis of Migrant Integration
Incorporating Demographic Research in Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Population Modeling and Projections
C Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members