Hi all, I wanted to share a post I wrote for Sonia Livingstone's London School of Economics/Parenting for a Digital Future blog on the unexpected ways in which the Syrian refugee crisis can manifest in any social science research right now, and the vital need to connect refugee narratives to the broader study of institutional and interpersonal relationships. In my case, I write about a family that took part in the research for my new book <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice> on disability, technology, and inequality, and the direct and indirect manner in which their immigration status impacted their lives and intersected with other aspects of their identity. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2017/02/21/making-the-familia... I'm curious too how the Syrian refugee crisis has turned up in the work of those on this list who similarly did not originally set out to study the topic. Best, Meryl -- *Meryl Alper* Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Northeastern University Holmes 217 m.alper@northeastern.edu merylalper.com Author, *Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality* (MIT Press <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice>, Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Voice-Communication-Disability-Inequality/dp/0262533979/> )