Calcutta Research Group
The Calcutta Research Group (CRG) is a non-profit academic and activist forum based in Kolkata, India, known for its policy studies, research, and advocacy on issues of forced migration, human rights, peace, and democracy. Established in 1996, it serves as a platform for discussion and analysis, particularly emphasizing the East and Northeast of India and the broader South Asian region. CRG's focus areas are forced displacement, refugees, statelessness, borders and border conflicts, citizenship, women's rights, and conflict resolution. CRG employs a "scholar-activist" approach, combining rigorous research with public activism and policy advocacy.
It works to bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world issues, particularly for vulnerable populations and the unorganized labor sector. CRG's flagship publication is Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal of Forced Migration, a biannual, peer-reviewed journal on forced migration, displacement, citizenship, and related issues. CRG runs a blog on forced migration "Refugee Watch Online" and publishes ongoing research and policy briefs in the Policies and Practices series. CRG has also contributed extensively to the emerging media discourses around climate change and migration, undertaking media training media training and raising media literacy across the globe in areas relevant to its research.
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