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This Concept Note serves as a guide on how UNHCR can collaborate with academic institutions, potential areas of engagement and outcomes.
Introduction
Education stands as a beacon of hope for displaced populations, offering not only knowledge but also empowerment and opportunity. Academics play a pivotal role in this, contributing significantly to the protection and support of displaced individuals through research, teaching, and advocacy.
As data and analyses on forcibly displaced and stateless populations are vital for shaping the global context, the expertise of academia is invaluable for both research endeavours and for shaping the understanding of the next generation of professionals. This understanding deeply impacts refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, and stateless communities, guiding policies, intervention and societal perceptions.
Recognizing this, UNHCR and its partners are committed to fostering collaboration with academic institutions. This not only facilitates access to higher education for refugees but also sparks academic interest in forced displacement topics for students and young researchers.
Through this collaboration, UNHCR aims to increase insights on the matter through advanced and exploratory analyses, leveraging academic expertise to inform evidence-based policies and interventions.