Since the war started in 2011, the humanitarian community, host countries and advocates have been working fervently to garner attention and resources and to save lives and deliver services.
Three full years have passed and within the education field many of these same actors are asking themselves: What have we learned? How can we do better with limited resources? What is the role of innovation and technology? What can be learned and applied from other refugee contexts?
These questions were the basis for a February roundtable discussion held by the Center for Universal Education at Brookings
These presentations and the discussion that followed highlighted the importance of research that accompanies and supports the humanitarian response. A list of six research priority areas emerged based on comments roundtable participants, but these do not necessarily represent a consensus from all participants.
