Keynote Speeches

“The Organizing Committee of IASFM19 decided to undertake a novel initiative – the publication of an open access eBook (with ISBN) with all keynote speeches delivered at the Conference. It is believed that this action will produce a relevant academic product increasing the results of the Conference to the host institution as well as serve as a record of the speeches and a means for those who were not able to join the Conference live to have access to the keynotes’ thoughts, critiques and provocations.

IASFM19 counted with 17 keynote speeches delivered by 20 speakers focusing on the Conference main themes: current global and regional contexts, scenarios and challenges and dialogues. As mentioned in the Opening Ceremony of IASFM19: “global issues, to allow for the sharing of our common experiences; combined with 11 regional approaches, not only to highlight the avant-garde position of Latin America in some forced migration topics and the relevance of the Global South in the issues, but also to grant room for specific contexts; particular lessons and distinct knowledge and understanding to allow for new or renewed dialogues. Dialogues among regions; actors; levels of scholarship, with the keynotes allowing for capacity building, learning opportunities and first steps in discussing the topics but also of enhancing these dialogues.”

Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Melissa Martins Casagrande , Gabriela Soldano Garcez, Derek Assenço Creuz and Flávia Oliveira Ribeiro

 

Accepted Abstracts

“The Organizing Committee of IASFM19 has decided to undertake a novel initiative – the publication of an open access eBook (with ISBN) with all accepted abstracts. It is believed that this action will facilitate the organization of each attendee’s schedule giving them the opportunity to make informed decisions about which panels to attend, and will also produce a relevant academic product increasing the results of the Conference to the host institution.

A call for papers giving interested parts the opportunity to submit proposals to present their ongoing research through thematic panels, individual papers, or good practices ideas was launched in September 2021 . Submissions were made in English but IASFM19 carved an exception for submissions in Portuguese or Spanish from persons with lived forced migration experience, who feel more comfortable presenting in those languages. Unfortunately, no such submissions were received. The deadline for submissions was January 31, 2022.

All received submissions were assessed by at least 2 members of IASFM19 Organizing Committee, with decisions being publicized by April 15th, 2022. All accepted abstracts were granted the opportunity to be included in the eBook, the requirement being the express consent of all authors or panellists for publication. In an effort to respect transparency, all abstracts are being published as they were submitted for consideration for IASFM19. No reviews or changes were made. This also allows for the respect of the diverse and global membership of IASFM, considering that submissions with different levels of scholarship, language knowledge and methodologies were accepted. All accepted abstracts have been deemed to be of good academic standard for presentation at the conference.

Following the same reasoning, and due to the fact that registration for the event lasts up to the beginning of IASFM19 and there is a time needed for the editorial process, the decision was made to include all accepted abstracts, even if some might not be presented in the Conference in August 2022.

This eBook thus represents a novel initiative and a relevant academic product for IASFM19, compiling all accepted abstracts for panels, papers or good practices that were submitted for the Conference. It spans through a vast range of topics, issues, disciplines and geographies, and registers a key element of IASFM biennial conference. It also highlights the current topics being discussed and thought about in the studies of forced migration and might bring about relevant suggestions on how to further develop the field and to assist in the protection of forced migrants.”

Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Gabriela Soldano Garcez, Melissa Martins Casagrande, Flávia Oliveira Ribeiro