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Lessons Learned from Indonesian Cities

June 28, 2020

Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugees Research Group is honored to be granted a research grant by Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Sasakawa Peace Foundation was established on September 1, 1986 in Japan. Sasakawa Peace Foundation is committed to responding to the changes in the environment, contributing to the sound and sustainable development of human society, and building a new governance system for human society by promoting research activities, making policy recommendations, and supporting international cooperation and exchange projects. This research grant has marked the second grant for Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugees Research Group to sustain the research on urban refugees following…

Partnership

New RDI Partner Global Alliance for Urban Crises

December 13, 2019

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As a think tank focusing on issues relating to sustainable development and resilience studies, RDI always strives to conduct research with the primary objective to make people become more resilient. Coming from that commitment, RDI has decided to form a partnership through membership with Global Alliance for Urban Crises (GAUC). GAUC primarily commits to work together to enable urban communities, in particular, those most at risk, to prepare for, cope with and recover more quickly from the effects of humanitarian crises, including forced displacement, natural disasters, and/or armed conflicts. Therefore, we are both looking forward to advocating two principles, which…

Abstract

Building Bridge in Liminality: Education for Children Refugees in Transiting Country

November 16, 2019

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Conference

55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress

September 13, 2019

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Akino Tahir and Risye Dwiyani represented Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugees Research group to deliver a paper presentation entitled, “Secondary Cities and Forced Migration: Accommodating Refugees and Asylum Seeker in Indonesia” in 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress 2019 in Bogor, Indonesia. The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) was founded in 1965 and is a global network of city and regional planners. ISOCARP one of the main activities is organizing World Congress focuses on a planning theme of foremost international interest in urban planning. Akino Tahir and Risye Dwiyani presented the capacity exploration of secondary cities in Indonesia…

Proceeding

Secondary Cities and Forced Migration: Accommodating Refugees and Asylum Seeker in Indonesia

September 13, 2019

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Grant Funding

Research Grant by Sasakawa Peace Foundation

July 28, 2019

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Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugees Research Group is honored to be granted a research grant by Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Sasakawa Peace Foundation was established on September 1, 1986 in Japan. Sasakawa Peace Foundation is committed to responding to the changes in the environment, contributing to the sound and sustainable development of human society, and building a new governance system for human society by promoting research activities, making policy recommendations, and supporting international cooperation and exchange projects.

Fieldwork

Field Visit of Urban Refugee Team

February 9, 2019

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On the 8th and 9th of February 2019, the Urban Refugees team from RDI conducted a follow up interview with several refugees in Bogor and Jakarta. A previous visit was conducted the week prior to connect with some of the refugees, and this follow up visit was conducted to gather in-depth data regarding the theme: “The meaning of “Places” for refugee’s identity”. The team consisted of Junior RDI researcher Rizkita Mardea Nurdiandra and RDI intern Muhammad Anugrah Saputra. The team first visited the refugee community in Bogor and interviewed three youth refugees in the community. They told stories of their…