Research

Professor William Maley, in collaboration with Professor Charles Sampford of Griffith University and Austcare, has been successful in being awarded an ARC Linkage Grant.  The project,  "A Place to Call Home:  Expediting Repatriation and Ending the practice of warehousing refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)", examines the plight of persons in protracted refugee situations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand/Burma. The proposed model for refugee and IDP repatriation and reintegration will significantly increase their human security; alleviate the economic burden on host countries; contribute to the development goals of the countries of origin; facilitate the targeting of humanitarian assistance for resolving protracted refugee and IDP situations; and reduce the threats to regional stability.  The research will also enhance both Australia's reputation in this humanitarian sector and its institutional capacity to successfully repatriate and reintegrate refugees and IDPs.

See http://www.austcare.org.au/WhatWeDo/ResearchPolicyDevelopment.htm for further details.