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Report on the Migration Policy Institute’s Roundtable
November 9, 2004
Speaker Biography
Loren B. Landau is Acting Director and Research Coordinator
for Wits University’s Forced Migration Studies Programme. He
holds Masters and Doctorate degrees in Political Science from the University
of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Science in Development Studies
from the London School of Economics. He has also worked in Washington
D.C. as a policy advocate on behalf of refugees. Past research projects
include explorations of the effects of refugees and humanitarian aid
on the economy, politics, and identities of the citizens of Western Tanzania
and on the applicability of a human development approach to refugee assistance
in Western Cote d’Ivoire. He also has a keen interest in the challenges
of researching ‘difficult’ populations, including refugees
and other migrants. In his current capacity he is coordinating a graduate
programme in Forced Migration Studies and co-directing a comparative
project in Johannesburg, Maputo, and Nairobi investigating migration
and Africa's transforming urban environments. He is editor of 'Forced
Migrants in the New Johannesburg: Towards a Local Government Response'
and co-editor of a book series, to be co-published by James Currey investigating
displacement, citizenship, and the African state.
Moderator
Kathleen Newland is Director and Co-Founder of the
Migration Policy Institute. Her work focuses on refugee protection,
international humanitarian response, and migration and development. Previously,
she was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, where she co-directed the International Migration Policy Program
(1994-2001). She chairs the Board of Directors of the Women’s
Commission for Refugee Women and Children and sits on the Board of the
International Rescue Committee. Before joining the Endowment, Ms.
Newland worked as an independent consultant. Her principle clients
were the UNHCR, the World Bank, and the office of the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. In 1992-1993, she wrote the first State of the
World’s Refugees report for UNHCR, which has become the organization’s
flagship biennial publication. From 1988-1992, Ms. Newland lectured at
the London School of Economics, becoming a full-time member of the International
Relations faculty in 1990. Ms. Newland is the author or editor
of five books and 11 shorter monographs as well as numerous articles
and book chapters. Ms. Newland is a graduate of Harvard University
and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. She did additional
graduate work at the London School of Economics.
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