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 Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate fellows, Ece Celikkol, 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. I am from Turkiye and I will be graduating in May, finishing my master’s in […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our postdoctoral associates, Cemile Dincer, 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. I am from Turkey, Ankara. I am a feminist researcher working at the intersections of […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Dorsa Ghazanfari, 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. My name is Dorsa Ghazanfari and I am from Scottsdale, Arizona (very different climate than […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our research associates, Rashmina Sayeeda, 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. I’m from Albany, NY –home to the biggest Walmart in the U.S. (admittedly, not the […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate fellows, Souhaila Nassar, 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. I am originally from the wounded land of olives, martyrs, resistance, and return. My grandparents […]
The deadline for contributions has been extended through February 28th, 2025. 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. The […]
The Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) is pleased to announce funding opportunities for innovative and interdisciplinary research projects focused on forced displacement. Funding is available on a rolling basis for both individual researchers and collaborative, interdisciplinary teams. Proposals should align with one or more of CFD's four research pillars: Healthy Lives and Meaningful Livelihoods Investigating the intersection […]
The Center on Forced Displacement is inviting calls for presentations for our 2025 annual conference, to be held April 7th and 8th, 2025 on our campus in Boston, MA. The conference will bring together interdisciplinary researchers, scholars, artists, practitioners, students, and engaged community members from around the world to discuss, debate and learn about the […]