{"id":9505,"date":"2026-08-20T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/?p=9505"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:22:54","slug":"humanitarian-series-refugee-integration-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/humanitarian-series-refugee-integration-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian series: Refugee\u00a0integration\u00a0at work\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research that acts &#8211; From research to humanitarian impact<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In humanitarian crises, research does more than&nbsp;observe&nbsp;and&nbsp;analyse: it acts.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Welcome to this new four-episode podcast series exploring how researchers at HEC Lausanne use their&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;to address some of today\u2019s most pressing humanitarian challenges.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Working closely with field partners, they develop practical tools and solutions to support refugee integration, improve emergency response, strengthen humanitarian&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and inform decision-making in crisis situations.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Research That Acts&nbsp;showcases&nbsp;engaged research that transforms scientific knowledge into concrete action and creates meaningful change for people affected by crises.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode 1: What helps refugees find work and build a future in a new country?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Europe faces unprecedented levels of displacement, governments,&nbsp;employers&nbsp;and communities are searching for effective ways to support long-term integration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Switzerland, where access to employment can be shaped by language, qualifications, administrative processes and geography, the challenge is particularly complex. Yet research suggests that some approaches are far more effective than others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So&nbsp;what really works? In the first episode of Research that Acts,&nbsp;join&nbsp;senior researcher&nbsp;Mirjam Baechli&nbsp;and Professor Rafael Lalive&nbsp;from&nbsp;HEC Lausanne (Unil), to discover how&nbsp;research is helping to rethink refugee integration and inspire&nbsp;new approaches&nbsp;that&nbsp;enable&nbsp;them&nbsp;to rebuild their lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: What helps refugees find work and build a future in a new country?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3PbY4sucBFqVOyaCFME3H8?si=2b915921874a4eca&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research that acts &#8211; From research to humanitarian impact&nbsp; In humanitarian crises, research does more than&nbsp;observe&nbsp;and&nbsp;analyse: it acts.&nbsp; Welcome to this new four-episode podcast series exploring how researchers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001984,"featured_media":9509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[933,929],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy-and-society","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9512,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9505\/revisions\/9512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}