09/14/2022
Last year, as the Leir Institute celebrated 20 years of advancing human security, we undertook a strategic review with the aim of focusing and strengthening our impact.
While much has changed in the human security landscape over the last two decades, one thing has not: millions of people are on the move, driven by persecution, corruption, conflict, climate change, and financial insecurity. And as migration has increased, mobility has become more complex and circuitous than ever.
The Leir Institute's interdisciplinary human security expertise is best positioned to address this challenge, and that is why we're proud to share our new name and mission.
The Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security aims to help policymakers and practitioners develop more equitable and sustainable responses to migration and its root causes, particularly at the local level.
We do so by employing a human security approach that offers flexible, inclusive, and multidimensional responses to global problems.
Our specific objectives are to:
and create synergies between experts on migration and and experts on drivers of displacement such as conflict, violence, social exclusion, governance failures, and climate change;
current and future policymakers and practitioners to bring human security expertise and adaptive leadership skills to government, international organizations, humanitarian assistance, and civic advocacy; and,
with local NGOs and government agencies to build local capacity and produce applied research that uses innovative methodologies informed by the human security approach.
You can learn more about our mission, programs, and research on our new website: https://sites.tufts.edu/ihs/
