Refugee resettlement in the U.S. was established around the idea of a public-private partnership, configured largely around a relationship between government and officially designated resettlement agencies. The Afghan evacuation arguably shifted the balance of this partnership in ways that promise to have lasting effects for newcomers, communities, and service providers. Vast public interest in the Afghan evacuation energized U.S. civil society, enabling new actors to enter the resettlement space and defining new creative roles and possibilities for support. Papers that focus on these changing dynamics of the public-private partnership must include expansion and innovation in private sponsorship, new opportunities for complementary pathways, innovative private-sector funding for resettlement, and new challenges to ensure accountability in resettlement.
Paper and presentation proposals should comprise a title and abstract (300 words maximum) and engage directly with one or more of the themes outlined above. Th
I will consider more reflective policy or theoretically positioned papers, I am particularly interested in papers that are supported by data and evidence and have clearly defined implications for practice. The criteria for a good paper will include originality, quality of research, and fit with the symposium themes.
