Involuntary Resettlement

International Association for the Study of Forced Migration

Established in January 1994, IASFM brings together researchers and practitioners working in the field of forced migration (including refugees as well as internally and other displaced persons).

The International Land Coalition is an institution of members, working to increase the rural poor's secure access to resources by strengthening the individual and collective capacity of its members and partners. As a global convenor on land issues, ILC uses its multistakeholder convening capacity to increase cooperation between civil-society, governmental and intergovernmental organizations. Visit the ILC website to learn more about their activities.

The International Network on Displacement and Resettlement is a virtual, global communications network of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers attempting to mitigate development-induced impoverishment.

The National Research Center for Resettlement (NRCR) is the first institute on involuntary resettlement in the world. NRCR has more than 20 full-time and part-time research fellows, professors, associate professors and senior engineers and lecturers on involuntary resettlement. Fellows undertake research on Chinese rural sociology, urbanization, development anthropology, and economics. NRCR also conducts studies on resettlement aspects of projects such as the projects in power, transportation, urban construction, railway, water conservancy, environment protection, among others. NRCR likewise undertakes resettlement planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation for various development projects in PRC.

The Refugee Studies Centre is the leading multidisciplinary centre for research and teaching on the causes and consequences of forced migration.