“Right Where We Belong”: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education A book discussion By Prof. Sarah Dryden-Peterson Moderated by Centre Lebanese Studies Director, Dr. Maha Shuayb The webinar was held on November 3, 2022. For more info: About the book: In Right Where We Belong, Sarah Dryden-Peterson discovers that, where…
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Marking the 20th of June, the Centre for Lebanese Studies celebrates the World Refugee Day 2022 with a social media campaign and “Some of All – Youth in Amman” documentary screening in Jordan. The social media campaign covered various components of forced migration: Employment, Education, Protection Regimes, and asylum procedures… “Some of All – Youth…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Institute for Migration Studies, both at the Lebanese American University uncovered the 3 years research insights “From Education to Employment: Youth Trajectories in Jordan and Lebanon in the Context of Protracted Displacement”. The virtual panel explored some reflections from Jordan and Lebanon about the quality of education, education dropout rate, employability attainment, and the…
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June 20 is World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe.
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By the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice Saturday 20th June 2020 is World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Every Action Counts”, highlighting refugees’ contributions to their societies, and the importance of creating a more just, equal, and inclusive world in which no one is left behind. The…
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CLS in partnership of a consortium with eight universities and research centers in Europe and Canada, have been awarded Horizon 2020 grant of 402,189 Euros: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Centre Population Europe, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung (PE), Catholic University of Louvain, Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Institutt…
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Four staff members of the Centre for Lebanese Studies and one independent researcher attended a week long training on Regional Forced Migration at Moi University in Nairobi, Kenya during August 2019, organized by the Peace Institute. The training was an intensive introduction to refugee and forced displacement issues to a select group of scholars, practitioners…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies and the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Institute for International and Comparative Education (IICE) have been jointly awarded a $461,981 grant from the Dubai Cares Evidence for Education in Emergencies (E-Cubed) Research Envelope. The purpose of this study is to gain an in depth understanding of the ways in which private entities…
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The Centre for Lebanese (CLS) research into the school experience of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon shows major shortcomings in the public sector which are affecting the learning experiences of all children in Lebanon including Lebanese. Prior to the Syrian crisis less than 30% of the Lebanese student population was enrolled in public schools due to the poor quality of teaching and learning. CLS numerous studies also highlight the dangers of segregating Syrian and Lebanese children on social cohesion between the two communities. To find out more about our research findings read our research and watch the two videos
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Half of the over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are children. Under international law, all children in Lebanon – including Syrian refugees – have a legal right to free and compulsory primary education, and access to secondary education without discrimination. Not only are hundreds of thousands of Syrian children not receiving an education in…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies conducted a participatory end-of-year evaluation of the 2016/2017 school year of Caritas Austria’s education programs in Lebanon and Jordan (RHEP in Lebanon – Regional Holistic Education Program, and CEP/RHEP in Jordan – Caritas Education Program). The purpose of the evaluation was to provide the basis for Caritas to make any…
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Under the Patronage of the President of the Council of Ministers, His Excellency Mr. Saad Hariri, the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London (UCL), in collaboration with the Faculty of Health and Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Centre for Lebanese…
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Talk by Professor Cathrine Brun- Director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Location: Lebanese American University – Beirut Campus Humanitarianism in a Different Key? Principled Pragmatism for Long Term Refugee Crisis. Contemporary refugee movements have increased self-reflection among humanitarian actors operating in ‘non-traditional’ environments…
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The study commissioned by UNICEF, investigated the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The study investigated existing resources and opportunities (education, health, social and economic), and assessed the overall well-being of young Palestinian refugees both from Syria and originally residing in Lebanon, in 8 Palestinian camps across Lebanon. This assessment contributed to existing surveys, which…
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The Centre for the Lebanese Studies conducted a comparative study in Lebanon and Germany to examine the future prospects of Syrian refugee children who dropped-out of Lebanese public schools and the German schools. The study compared Germany’s and Lebanon education provisions for inclusion of Syrian refugee children in public schools, as well as dropout rates…
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The British Council and the Institute Francais in Lebanon in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) initiated a program called “Accessing Education: Language Integration for Syrian Refugee Children (ACCESS)”. The aim of the program was to mitigate the drop out of Lebanese and Syrian children, increase their retention and integrate the…
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Commissioned by the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), the Centre for Lebanese Studies conducted a donor mapping for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbiet (GIZ). The mapping aimed at identifying major donors involved in funding projects in the fields of school rehabilitation and psychosocial support in Lebanon. The mapping sought to provide…
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Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, more than 2 million refugees have fled to the neighbouring countries Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. According to the last regional response plan, it is estimated that the number of Syrian refugees in need of assistance across the region may reach 3.45 million by the end of 2013. In Lebanon, a total…
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The situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is generally defined as “unique in degree of political, economic and social exclusion” (Sayigh, 2001). Indeed, since their arrival to Lebanon their civic, social and economical rights have been constricted by laws and practices. This research explored students’ perception of their schooling and learning experience as well as…
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