UNESCO RIELA

The UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language, and Arts (RIELA) hosted within the School of Education at the University of Glasgow seeks to develop a programme of research, training, information and documentation on the integration of refugees into new communities and how this can be promoted through education, languages and the arts.

The UNESCO Chair supports learning from contexts which have long-term refugee and migratory experiences and where resilience has been developed, often in the face of overwhelming linguistic and cultural destruction.  Working with our cross-sectorial partners, we engage in research and advocacy for creative and artistic approaches to integration which sustain linguistic and cultural diversity, foster creativity and intercultural capabilities and promote peace.