Geospatial technologies such as satellite imagery provide a means of 'reaching' a conflict zone when on-the-ground reporting may be too dangerous, a region too remote, or access denied.

Forced migration authors hold the key to enabling free and unfettered access to the full text of research articles.

A recent strategic partnership between UNHCR, the Government of Luxembourg and communications software provider Skype is keeping UNHCR staff in hardship locations in touch with their families and friends.

Do new technologies increase access to information and knowledge for all, or are they deepening a technological divide?

The use of new technologies for early warning systems can help reduce people's vulnerability to mass violence.

The lack of higher education opportunities for refugees, many of whom flee before being able to complete their education, is a widely acknowledged problem.

Advances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change?

The traditional disaster response community is only now beginning to assimilate the vast changes that new technologies could bring for information management in their field.

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti ushered in a new era for the role and power of technology and communication systems in disaster response, especially for how local responders used them.

Foreword to issue 37 of Forced Migration Review.