TRAINING COURSE

Our free online training course on ‘Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection’ , developed by our IDRP, GENIDA, LANID and MERNID networks and available on Coursera, provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues surrounding internal displacement.

The conflict-driven forcible displacement of people within their own countries poses humanitarian and development challenges of epidemic proportions in today’s world. Have you ever wanted to better understand who these ‘internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) are? Do you want to engage with key research and debates about the protection of these ‘IDPs’ or solutions to their plight? If so, then this research training module is tailor-made for you!

Myanmar. Shelters at Kyauktaw City Hall IDP site destroyed during cyclone Mocha 2023 © UNHCR/Mar Lar

Over the course of six weekly sessions, this course places you at the centre of an open-access online learning experience through engagement with a range of robust and challenging activities, materials and peer discussions.

It will be useful if you want not only a deeper understanding of current research and debates on internal displacement, conflict and protection but also if you wish to build key transferable skills in analysis and evaluation in the context of practical challenges. No prior knowledge or experience of work in the field of internal displacement is required – only a passion to learn.

• 6 weekly sessions
• ONLINE COURSE
• PEER DISCUSSIONS
• CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES

LATEST NEWS

EVENTS

New RID Series: “Towards Dignified Climate Relocation: Community Perspectives from around the Globe”
Sep 29, 2026
Researching Internal Displacement (RID) and the Coalition on Dignified Climate Relocation (CDCR) are pleased to announce a forthcoming miniseries, Towards Dignified Climate Relocation: Community Perspectives from around the Globe. RID will publish the first article in the series on 1 October 2026, with the remaining articles to follow in the coming weeks, paving the way towards COP31 where, like every year, topics such as displacement and planned relocation in the context of climate change are on the agenda.
Key Messages on Migration, Displacement, and Planned Relocation for the 2026 June Climate Meetings (SB 64)
By Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility and the Loss and Damage and the Challenges Of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group | Jun 1, 2026
This document, prepared by the Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility and the Loss and Damage and the Challenges of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group, provides key messages on migration, displacement, and planned relocation, for key agenda items, workstreams and events at the 2026 June Climate Meetings. The messages have been endorsed by over 110 organisations and individuals, including civil society organisations, United Nations agencies, academics and experts. In addition to the messages, the groups have provided an advocacy reference document which unpacks in greater detail the entry points on human mobility for each relevant agenda item, providing context and longer messages.  Links may be found below.