The research chair has four major activities namely: Research, Community Outreach, Policy Advocacy & Capacity Building, and Mentorship of Young Scholars.
There are five thematic areas where activities of the chair will focus on in its five years life time.
- Legal frameworks, governance and security related to forced displacement and Migration
- Refugee and IDP economies and livelihoods
- Refugee and IDP Education
- Health and psychosocial support for forcibly displaced people
- Diversity and inclusion in the context of forced displacement: Persons with disabilities (PWDs), gender and minority