James Milner, Carleton University

Research

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Latest funding

Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Governance Processes: Obstacles and Opportunities
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$69,900
The global refugee crisis: prevention, inclusion, resolution
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$20,000
From beneficiaries to actors: understanding displaced persons' roles in resolution processes
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$24,959

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Governance Processes: Obstacles and Opportunities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bradley, Megan E.

Keywords: Internal displacement; IDPs; participation; United Nations; governance; decision-making

$69,900

The global refugee crisis: prevention, inclusion, resolution

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: refugee; migration; displacement; asylum; resettlement

$20,000

From beneficiaries to actors: understanding displaced persons' roles in resolution processes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bradley, Megan E.

Keywords: refugees; displacement; peacebuilding; durable solutions to forced migration; agency

$24,959

Power and influence in the global refugee regime: Canada in a comparative perspective

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Milner, James

Keywords: homelessness; housing first; poverty; women's homelessness; strategic framework

$24,953

Refugees and peacebuilding understanding regional dynamics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010

Principal investigators: Milner, James

Keywords: refugee movements in Africa; peacebuilding theory; policy and practice; protracted refugee situations; asylum policies; conflict; Burundi; Tanzania; Sierra Leone; Guinea

$71,892

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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