GERE blog

Anitha reflects on how the research transformed her as a teacher, woman, and mother. She shares how listening to others revealed gaps in refugee teachers’ access to employment and rights, while also strengthening her confidence, creativity, and sense of purpose. Her piece is a powerful story of personal growth. (Think Piece 8 of 18)

Clodina reflects on the power of listening to refugee teachers and the importance of recognising their experiences. She highlights how data collection opened up honest conversations, revealed resilience, and reinforced the need to create spaces where refugee teachers are heard, valued, and empowered to contribute to education. (Think Piece 4 of 18)

Abraham shares his insights on the realities of teaching and conducting research in contexts of displacement, and what he has learned about himself and his community from listening to the experiences of others. His words highlight the importance and urgency of creating space for refugee voices in decision-making. (Think Piece 1 of 18)

In this post, our three Research Advisors (Bello in Chad, Joyce in Uganda, and Abraham in Zambia) share their reflections on the second training week, which took place in late 2025.

This video includes perspectives from our refugee teacher researchers in Chad, Uganda and Zambia, as well as some emerging findings from our research.

In this video - first shared at UKFIET, The Education and Development Forum conference 2025 - the Peer Researchers introduce themselves, speak about their experiences of teaching in their host countries, and reflect on the first phase of the project.

In May and June 2025, we completed three week-long training sessions as part of our latest GERE study. In this blog, we share our key takeaways from the training with the team of refugee teacher researchers.

In this post, we share our key takeaways from inspiring scoping visits to Uganda, Zambia and Chad, providing a foundation for the research approach.

Announcing our latest research study: Scaling refugee teacher inclusion models for enhanced agency and well-being: project launch. Read more to learn about this 33-month study in Chad, Uganda and Zambia.

We're delighted to announce the launch of the Voices of Refugee Youth research publications, which represent the culmination of a four-year research study.

Increasing participation and representation is central to ‘Voices of Refugee Youth’. In this blog, Becky – one of the Jigsaw team – reflects on approaches to co-authorship in academic research, drawing on learnings from the study so far.

Katrina – one of the Jigsaw team – shares her reflections on the affordances of the research study’s youth-centred methodology so far.