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Understanding how refugees use digital technologies during resettlement

Understanding how refugees use digital technologies during resettlement

Project Description

This project aims to investigate how refugees use digital technologies to navigate resettlement in Australia. Taking the case of Sri Lankan refugees, and integrating robust digital and ethnographic methods, this project will generate new knowledge on how refugees use smartphones and digital applications to address their material and social needs in order to successfully resettle. Expected outcomes include an empirical evidence-base about refugees’ everyday digital practices, and advanced research capacity in digital migration and refugee studies. Benefits include guidance for service providers on how digital technologies can be integrated into programs to improve the resettlement outcomes of refugees in Australia.

Project Team

Charishma Ratnam

Dr Charishma Ratnam

Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.

Intended Outcomes of the Project

  • Empirical evidence on how Sri Lankan refugees use digital technologies in their daily lives to meet their material and social needs.
  • Enhanced research capabilities in the fields of digital migration and refugee studies.
  • Guidance for service providers on integrating digital technologies into their programs to improve resettlement outcomes for refugees in Australia.

Project Details

Project Funding: This project is funded by the Australian Research Council under the prestigious Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards ($444,929.00)

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