Here is a list that I created of possible broad subjects that are related to displacement and could be a starting point for developing a research paper topic.  This is not an exhaustive list – just some random ideas that I generated quickly.  Hopefully, it will be helpful in stimulating your own ideas!

 

Anything related to immigration:

Trump’s immigration policy

Immigration from a particular place at a particular time

A particular aspect of the immigrant experience – immigration during childhood, for example.

Immigrant labor

Experience of being an illegal immigrant

Immigrant neighborhoods in NYC

Anything related to topic of refugees:

Experience of Jewish refugees in WWII

Life in contemporary refugee camps

America’s role in current refugee crisis

Refugees adjusting to life in Europe

Moral/ethical dilemmas raised by issue

Adoption

Experiences of moving that aren’t related to immigration – what does it mean to start somewhere new?

Migrant workers

Gender and Displacement – Is being transgender a form of displacement?

Language and Displacement – bilingualism, language and education

Nursing Homes (the elderly and displacement)

Amish practice of Rumschpringen

Space exploration

Experience of field anthropologists

School integration

Eviction

Convents, Monasteries, and other forms of escaping the secular world

Siblings and psychological displacement

Adjustment to the armed forces

Homelessness

Gentrification