Journal of Intercultural Studies
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

Refugee Settlement in Australia: Policy, Scholarship and the Production of Knowledge, 1952 - 2013 (Article)

Neumann K.* , Gifford S.M. , Lems A. , Scherr S.
  • a Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • b Anthropology and Refugee Studies, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
  • c Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia
  • d Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia

Abstract

Since 1947, Australia has formally resettled more than 750,000 refugees. During that time, researchers have successfully completed more than 150 Masters and doctoral theses and published more than 900 articles, books and reports about issues of refugee settlement in Australia, with about half of them being published in the past 10 years. In this paper, we discuss the development of the production of knowledge about refugee resettlement. We identify trends in the literature, such as the emergence of an ethno-specific focus, and the concern with settlement's psychological and emotional impact, and relate them to policy changes. We suggest that scholars need critically to take stock of the knowledge produced so far and be more cognisant of the international scholarly debate. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Refugee settlement Australia Refugee studies Refugee policy Knowledge production

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84893729616&doi=10.1080%2f07256868.2013.864629&partnerID=40&md5=e6036c13a22e636b339cf9563527856f
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2013.864629
ISSN: 07256868
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English