GERE blog

Welcome to the GERE blog! Here you will find blog posts written by the Refugee Researchers and programme updates from the GERE core team. 

Reflections on Training 2

Reflections on Training 2

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.
Voices from refugee settings: video for a Global Refugee Forum side event 2025

Voices from refugee settings: video for a Global Refugee Forum side event 2025

This video includes perspectives from our refugee teacher researchers in Chad, Uganda and Zambia, as well as some emerging findings from our research.
Introducing the Peer Researchers: video for UKFIET 2025

Introducing the Peer Researchers: video for UKFIET 2025

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.
Training 1: participant reflections and key lessons

Training 1: participant reflections and key lessons

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.
Reflections from scoping visits in Chad, Uganda and Zambia

Reflections from scoping visits in Chad, Uganda and Zambia

In this post, we share our key takeaways from inspiring scoping visits to Uganda, Zambia and Chad, providing a foundation for the research approach.
Scaling refugee teacher inclusion models for enhanced agency and well-being: project launch

Scaling refugee teacher inclusion models for enhanced agency and well-being: project launch

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.
Celebrating the launch of the Voices of Refugee Youth research publications

Celebrating the launch of the Voices of Refugee Youth research publications

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.
Reflections on co-authorship in academic research

Reflections on co-authorship in academic research

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.
Reflections on using a youth-centred methodology

Reflections on using a youth-centred methodology

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