Welcome to the personal website of Dr Ceri Oeppen. I’m a social scientist researching issues to do with Afghanistan, the Afghan diaspora, migration, transnationalism, development and humanitarianism. Have a look round!
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Complexities and Challenges in Afghan Migration
In April I wrote a blogpost about a workshop on Afghan migration, which I attended in Brussels. The policy brief summarising the discussions at this workshop has now been published, and can be downloaded using the link below. Complexities and Challenges in Afghan Migration Policy Brief If you have any comments please share them!
Afghan Migration workshop, Brussels, April 9-8th 2013
What are the complexities and challenges in Afghan migration? This was the guiding question for a two-day workshop I just attended in Brussels. Check the twitter hashtag #afgmig for some of the ‘live highlights’ but I want to briefly reflect on some of the things that I found interesting about the workshop. Firstly though, my … Continue reading »
‘Return of a King’ (Dalrymple): Lessons for Contemporary Policy Makers?
On Saturday, ‘Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan‘ had a book launch in Kabul, at an event hosted by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS). This new book by William Dalrymple tells the story of the first Anglo-Afghan war and the installation of Shah Shuja on the Kabul throne. Interestingly, and importantly, … Continue reading »
CFP: Afghan Migration workshop, 8-9 April 2013,
The IS Academy Migration and Development Project is hosting a 2-day workshop on Afghan migration on the 8-9 April 2013. If you’re researching this topic please consider submitting an abstract. The deadline for submitting abstracts is the 8th of February (so not long)! The details for how to do so can be found here: http://mgsog.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=845
Call for papers: Private-sector recruitment and employment in conflict settings
A colleague (Christina Oelgemoller) and I are proposing a panel for the next RGS-IBG conference in London on the recruitment and employment of third country nationals in conflict settings. The call for papers is pasted below. If you work on this topic why not submit an abstract? The political geography of private-sector recruitment and … Continue reading »
A trip to Azerbaijan – a training course for Afghan officials
I’ve just come back from Baku in Azerbaijan. I was invited by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) to take part in a training course for Afghan officials, which they had organised in collaboration with the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA). I was asked to talk about the return and reintegration of refugees and IDPs … Continue reading »
Approaches to activism in policy-relevant research
We, as academic researchers, operate in an environment where gaining research funding necessitates that we demonstrate the wider impact of our research, namely the potential relevance of our research findings to multiple audiences, including policy-makers. To demonstrate potential impact we are encouraged to furnish our funding proposals with indications of support from policy-makers. The financial … Continue reading »
Fieldwork with Afghans in Norway
I’m writing this from PRIO (Peace Research Institute Oslo) in Norway where I’ll be based whilst I do the Norway fieldwork for the PREMIG project (the other fieldwork sites are London and Kabul). Between now and April 2012 I’ll be interviewing Afghans living in Norway. I am interested in the connections Afghans in Norway feel … Continue reading »
The impact of overseas conflict on UK communities
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation recently launched the findings of a selection of projects it funded under its Globalisation, UK Poverty and and Communities programme. I was involved, with colleagues at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), in a project about the impacts of overseas conflict on UK communities. As our starting point we chose … Continue reading »
Report on the launch of BEYOND the ‘wild tribes’
Last night we had the book launch for Beyond the ‘wild tribes’: Understanding modern Afghanistan and its diaspora, as part of the CCCAC seminar series at SOAS. I really enjoyed it and would like to thank everyone who came – it was great to have a full house. I’d also like give special thanks to … Continue reading »
