Project description
Studying refugee settlements' resilience using spatial information
Long-term formal refugee camps are understudied, yet they affect millions of people and raise complex social and political challenges. Research shows that spatial information can play an essential role in improving living conditions. The ERC-funded CAMPS project aims to offer detailed socio-spatial information on the conditions of these settlements across the world. It will develop an open-access atlas and carry out an analysis of the built and natural environments in and around the camps, and their effects on the local population and ecosystems. The project will meaningfully include the voices of those most affected by these settlements: refugees and host communities. The results should offer important insights into human settlement studies.
Objective
The knowledge about refugee camps has critical gaps. There is a noticeable lack of spatial information about the least-visible long-term refugee camps and about the perspectives of populations affected by them. Yet, research on prominent cases and regions shows how quality spatial information—developed with new technologies and active community involvement—can shape policy and improve liveability in and around these areas. The CAMPS project is a pioneering initiative to generate first-time contextual and comprehensive spatial information about long-term refugee camps worldwide. It leverages the existing policy and academic emphasis on the power of space and space-making processes, and new tools to create spatial knowledge about human settlements. This novel and unique project will create an open-access atlas of long-term refugee camps, including spatial features and perspectives of affected populations to understand their impact on resilience and sustainability; it will influence evidence-based policies for better management of these settlements; and spur new academic research. CAMPS' innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary approach—combining urban studies, architecture, ethnography, and geography—use qualitative mixed methods, including spatial mapping, participatory design, and ethnography, yielding insights into the camps' spatial attributes and their effects on populations and ecosystems. The ethical rigour and singularity of CAMPS' meaningful population engagement through participatory methods and feedback loops will allow for rectifying the marginalisation of refugees in research and policy. Long-term camps hold profound human significance beyond humanitarian aspects. They impact millions of lives, representing a complex philosophical, social, and political issue of our era. The depth and originality of the CAMPS project's findings and the research they will facilitate will position Europe as a leader in comprehending human settlement dynamics.
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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08034 BARCELONA
Spain
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