The Center on Forced Displacement fosters interdisciplinary research and engagement with the global challenge of forced displacement. We bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers, practitioners, and artists from across schools and colleges at Boston University, around the country, and around the world.
CFD’s Annual Conferences bring together interdisciplinary scholars, researchers, artists, practitioners, students and engaged community members from around the world to discuss, debate and learn about the myriad challenges faced by forcibly displaced communities and ethical, practical, evidence-based and rigorous approaches to address these challenges.
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement.
The deadline to submit pieces for CFD Magazine has been extended through October 26, 2026. Find the call for submissions here. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine, published quarterly and bringing together a variety of original works. For our fifth issue we are looking for artistic submissions, including […]
From Theory to Praxis: Rethinking Forced Displacement and Migration Research in Times of Uncertainty The Center on Forced Displacement is inviting calls for presentations for our 2027 annual conference, to be held April 13th and 14th, 2027 on our campus in Boston, MA. This year's conference invites critical reflection on the past, present, and […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our postdoctoral associates, Rachael Wanjagua, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying or researching? I was born and raised […]
Last week, CFD welcomed Ayla Bonfiglio, Head of Mixed Migration Centre Eastern and Southern Africa / Egypt & Yemen, for a visit to our center where she lead a seminar on climate mobility patterns in East Africa. The Newsletter Team sat down with Dr. Bonfiglio for a brief interview about her research and work. The […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Kainat Deo, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying? My name is Kainat Kaur Deo, and […]
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine, published quarterly and bringing together a variety of original works. For our […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with CFD Advisory Board Member, Ahmet İçduygu, for a brief interview about his research and work. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a little bit about yourself. What led you to do the work you are doing today? I grew up with atlases and globes […]
The deadline to submit pieces for CFD Magazine has been extended through March 1, 2026. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine. The magazine, published quarterly, will bring together a variety of original works across disciplines in a peer-reviewed publication that examines the global challenge of forced displacement through […]