UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2016
WELCOME BACK!
We're kicking off the new academic year! You can expect information about DRAN meetings, new team members and the exciting work we have planned!
Update: july 2nd, 2016
New blog
"hydroelectric displacement in east malaysia"
Written by Dr. Reazul Ahsan.
For the full blog post, please click here.
update: april 12th, 2016
upcoming event
The State of Hydropower Projects Today
Lessons from the Past for the Course Ahead
Hosted by the Displacement Research and Action Network (DRAN), the workshop will bring together academics, international NGO and community group representatives, as well as representatives of international institutions the likes of the World Bank to discuss the state of hydropower projects around the world today.
Spaces for the workshop are limited. To reserve a place please RSVP at your earliest convenience to Aurora Bassett at abassett@mit.edu.
Venue: MIT Room 9-450
Date: May 6th, 2016
Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm
Update: March 7th, 2016
Upcoming event
"Boston is the epicenter of gentrification and displacement, but neighborhoods throughout the city are coming together to win #JustCause Eviction Protections that would stop developers and landlords from evicting No-Fault thousands of tenants, prevent massive rent increases and put power in the hands of organized tenant associations to reclaim and remain in their homes!
Join Boston’s Right 2 Remain Coalition fighting for Just Cause Eviction Protections and putting forward a vision of democratic grassroots led development in the city." -Remain Reclaim Rebuild Boston
Venue: 1 City Hall Plaza, Boston MA
Date: March 14th, 2016
Time: 4pm
Update: March 2nd, 2016
New Team Member
Nicholas Blomley
DRAN is thrilled to welcome collaboration with Nicholas Blomley. His bio can be found under our Team page or by directly clicking here.
update: february 28th, 2016
upcoming event
Dr. Reazul Ahsan, a visiting MIT-UTM Scholar will be speaking on "Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans: A Study on Displacement of Indigenous People Due to Development of Danga Bay"
Venue: Long Lounge, MIT 7-429
Date: Monday, 29th February 2016
Time: 5.30-7.30 pm
UPDATE: February 24th, 2016
New blog
"development-induced displacement in malaysia: the case of kampung Bharu"
Written by Maya Abood, Valeria Vidal Alvarado, April Ognibene, and Vishnu Prasad.
For the full blog post, please click here.
update: February 15th, 2016
New publication
"Evicted"
Written by Matthew Desmond, one of DRAN's newest affiliates. For more information regarding this publication click here.
Information on the author can be found on our Team page.
Matthew Desmond has also recently written a piece in the New Yorker regarding the cyclical nature of eviction in the US.
To access this New Yorker article, click here.
update: february 1st, 2016
New Team Member
Sai Balakrishnan joins dran
DRAN is thrilled to welcome collaboration with Sai Balakrishnan. Her bio can be found under our Team page or by directly clicking here.
UPDATE: January 20th, 2016
New publication
"The Global crisis of displacement and evictions"
Written by Miloon Kothari
For more information regarding this new publication please click here.
UPDATE: December 22nd, 2015
NEW PUBLICATION
"Radical Deprivation on Trial"
Written by Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito (DRAN-Affiliate) and Diana Rodriguez-Franco
For more information regarding this new publication please click here.
Update: December 18th, 2015
NEW BLOG
UPDATE: December 4th, 2015
NEW TEAM MEMBER
MATTHEW DESMOND JOINS DRAN
DRAN is thrilled to welcome collaboration with Matthew Desmond. His bio can be found under our Team page or by directly clicking here.
UPDATE: November 1st, 2015
UPCOMING EVENT
HUMANITARIANISM SYMPOSIUM
Please join MIT’s Displacement Research Action Network (DRAN) for a symposium on planning and humanitarian responses to situations involving urban displacement. Our event will bring together a diverse range of speakers – from operational organizations to scholars involved in humanitarian and development responses – in order to consider key findings and recommendations across their work.
The symposium aims to focus on a more policy-oriented discussion on the various aspects of the urban-specific recommendations being put forth at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul, Turkey next May 2016 and Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador October 2016.
Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Building 66, Room 144