Session 4.1

Elizabeth Ferris is a Senior Fellow and previously served as director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. Prior to joining Georgetown, Beth was a Senior Fellow and co-director of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement and spent 20 years working in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Council of Churches. From 2019-21 Beth served as an expert advisor to the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement.  She has worked on planned relocations since 2010, including developing Guidance and a Toolbox for those planning – or thinking about – relocating communities.