Refugee Studies Centre
@refugeestudies.bsky.social
The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, is a global leader in multidisciplinary research on forced migration.
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
Connect with us: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/forms/general/connect
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Connect with us: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/forms/general/connect
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Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics.
⏰ Deadline: 8 December
Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
⏰ Deadline: 8 December
Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics.
⏰ Deadline: 8 December
Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
⏰ Deadline: 8 December
Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
Join us at ODID @odid-qeh.bsky.social at 5pm this Wed, for 'Cities of Refuge in an Age of Displacement'
Romola Sanyal (LSE) will explore how displacement drives urbanisation & development — and what it means to offer refuge.
No registration needed, all welcome!
More info: bit.ly/cities-refuge
Romola Sanyal (LSE) will explore how displacement drives urbanisation & development — and what it means to offer refuge.
No registration needed, all welcome!
More info: bit.ly/cities-refuge
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Join us at ODID @odid-qeh.bsky.social at 5pm this Wed, for 'Cities of Refuge in an Age of Displacement'
Romola Sanyal (LSE) will explore how displacement drives urbanisation & development — and what it means to offer refuge.
No registration needed, all welcome!
More info: bit.ly/cities-refuge
Romola Sanyal (LSE) will explore how displacement drives urbanisation & development — and what it means to offer refuge.
No registration needed, all welcome!
More info: bit.ly/cities-refuge
The RSC International Online School in Forced Migration brings together practitioners, policymakers, and academics from across the world.
In December 2025, participants from more than 20 countries will join a week of critical learning and exchange.
Info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
In December 2025, participants from more than 20 countries will join a week of critical learning and exchange.
Info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The RSC International Online School in Forced Migration brings together practitioners, policymakers, and academics from across the world.
In December 2025, participants from more than 20 countries will join a week of critical learning and exchange.
Info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
In December 2025, participants from more than 20 countries will join a week of critical learning and exchange.
Info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Next week Professor Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social will be introducing her groundbreaking new book.
Equality Talks - Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law
Tuesday 11 November
5pm-6.30pm GMT
Register here:
bit.ly/equality-talks
Equality Talks - Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law
Tuesday 11 November
5pm-6.30pm GMT
Register here:
bit.ly/equality-talks
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Next week Professor Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social will be introducing her groundbreaking new book.
Equality Talks - Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law
Tuesday 11 November
5pm-6.30pm GMT
Register here:
bit.ly/equality-talks
Equality Talks - Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law
Tuesday 11 November
5pm-6.30pm GMT
Register here:
bit.ly/equality-talks
📣 Only a few tickets left! Join us this Wed (5:15pm, St Anne’s College, Oxford) for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture. Lea Ypi will read from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflect on the enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 Only a few tickets left! Join us this Wed (5:15pm, St Anne’s College, Oxford) for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture. Lea Ypi will read from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflect on the enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
At RSC's International School in Forced Migration, participants begin with Conceptualising Forced Migration.
“Conceptualisations are like optics: they highlight and obscure important issues, revealing why there are different views on forced migration.”
Apply now: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
“Conceptualisations are like optics: they highlight and obscure important issues, revealing why there are different views on forced migration.”
Apply now: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At RSC's International School in Forced Migration, participants begin with Conceptualising Forced Migration.
“Conceptualisations are like optics: they highlight and obscure important issues, revealing why there are different views on forced migration.”
Apply now: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
“Conceptualisations are like optics: they highlight and obscure important issues, revealing why there are different views on forced migration.”
Apply now: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
“Emerging from a history inscribed by displacement, my engagement with the course became a rare space where reflection could overtake reaction.”
Layla Zibar reflects on her experience at the International Online School in Forced Migration.
Apply now for Dec 2025:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Layla Zibar reflects on her experience at the International Online School in Forced Migration.
Apply now for Dec 2025:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“Emerging from a history inscribed by displacement, my engagement with the course became a rare space where reflection could overtake reaction.”
Layla Zibar reflects on her experience at the International Online School in Forced Migration.
Apply now for Dec 2025:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Layla Zibar reflects on her experience at the International Online School in Forced Migration.
Apply now for Dec 2025:
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Congratulations to Dr Hiba Salem on winning an Oxford University Press first book prize for her forthcoming monograph, The Politics of Education and Hope in Forced Migration: Journeys of Syrian Young People Across the World
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hiba...
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hiba...
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Congratulations to Dr Hiba Salem on winning an Oxford University Press first book prize for her forthcoming monograph, The Politics of Education and Hope in Forced Migration: Journeys of Syrian Young People Across the World
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hiba...
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hiba...
The International Online School in Forced Migration brings together participants worldwide.
Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement.
Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement.
Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The International Online School in Forced Migration brings together participants worldwide.
Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement.
Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement.
Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Register now for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on 5 November!
@leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
@leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
Migration and displacement: My grandmother, Lausanne, and some lessons
Lea Ypi reads from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflects on enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal
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October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Register now for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on 5 November!
@leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
@leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
Applications are now open for the Oxford International Online School in Forced Migration, taking place 8-12 December 2025.
Join Oxford experts to explore key debates on refugee and migration studies with a global peer group.
Learn more: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Join Oxford experts to explore key debates on refugee and migration studies with a global peer group.
Learn more: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Applications are now open for the Oxford International Online School in Forced Migration, taking place 8-12 December 2025.
Join Oxford experts to explore key debates on refugee and migration studies with a global peer group.
Learn more: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Join Oxford experts to explore key debates on refugee and migration studies with a global peer group.
Learn more: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Join us in Oxford this Wednesday at 5pm for a talk on ‘Displacement, solidarity, counter-government' by David Owen, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton.
There is no need to register. More info, and details about our other events here: lnkd.in/gRrVciuA
There is no need to register. More info, and details about our other events here: lnkd.in/gRrVciuA
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Join us in Oxford this Wednesday at 5pm for a talk on ‘Displacement, solidarity, counter-government' by David Owen, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton.
There is no need to register. More info, and details about our other events here: lnkd.in/gRrVciuA
There is no need to register. More info, and details about our other events here: lnkd.in/gRrVciuA
We are glad to see that Hannah Zaruchas, a former Visiting Fellow here at the Refugee Studies Centre, has published an article on family reunification and refugees' right to family life.
Can States use temporary status to restrict forced migrants’ protection of family reunification under European human rights law?
My article is now out in IJRL! I explore the role that legal status and temporariness play in the context of the right to family life:
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My article is now out in IJRL! I explore the role that legal status and temporariness play in the context of the right to family life:
academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
Playing for Time: Temporary Status, Migration Control and the Human Rights of Forced Migrants to Family Reunification
Abstract. The article analyzes a set of cases in front of the European Court of Human Rights in which forced migrants challenged restrictions to family reu
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October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We are glad to see that Hannah Zaruchas, a former Visiting Fellow here at the Refugee Studies Centre, has published an article on family reunification and refugees' right to family life.
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📢 DSA Workshop on Publishing and Visibility for Racially Minoritised Early Career Academics
📅 6 Nov @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🎓 Final-year PhDs, postdocs & precariously employed researchers
🎤 Prof Uma Kambhampati & Dr Thi Bogossian
👉 buff.ly/6YMIoNo
📩 m.kamtam@uea.ac.uk
📅 6 Nov @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🎓 Final-year PhDs, postdocs & precariously employed researchers
🎤 Prof Uma Kambhampati & Dr Thi Bogossian
👉 buff.ly/6YMIoNo
📩 m.kamtam@uea.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢 DSA Workshop on Publishing and Visibility for Racially Minoritised Early Career Academics
📅 6 Nov @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🎓 Final-year PhDs, postdocs & precariously employed researchers
🎤 Prof Uma Kambhampati & Dr Thi Bogossian
👉 buff.ly/6YMIoNo
📩 m.kamtam@uea.ac.uk
📅 6 Nov @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
🎓 Final-year PhDs, postdocs & precariously employed researchers
🎤 Prof Uma Kambhampati & Dr Thi Bogossian
👉 buff.ly/6YMIoNo
📩 m.kamtam@uea.ac.uk
Introducing our visiting fellows for Michaelmas term 2025. Welcome to Arbie Baguios, Desislava Dimitrova, Gianna Eckert, Raksha Gopal, Natalie Dietrich Jones, Sari Nauman and Andrea Verdasco!
Read more: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/welcomi...
Read more: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/welcomi...
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Introducing our visiting fellows for Michaelmas term 2025. Welcome to Arbie Baguios, Desislava Dimitrova, Gianna Eckert, Raksha Gopal, Natalie Dietrich Jones, Sari Nauman and Andrea Verdasco!
Read more: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/welcomi...
Read more: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/welcomi...
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My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....
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October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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"Every migrant lost on a dangerous journey is someone's child, parent or friend. Writing for FMR meant honoring those lives by reaching people who can prevent the next loss. Not just academics, but aid workers at borders & officials whose policies determine life & death."
-Houman Oliaei, FMR75
-Houman Oliaei, FMR75
October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Every migrant lost on a dangerous journey is someone's child, parent or friend. Writing for FMR meant honoring those lives by reaching people who can prevent the next loss. Not just academics, but aid workers at borders & officials whose policies determine life & death."
-Houman Oliaei, FMR75
-Houman Oliaei, FMR75
A new academic year is here. A warm welcome to all our new DPhil and MSc students! We hope your experience of studying with us will be extremely rewarding.
For those not studying with us yet, you can find out more about our courses here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study
For those not studying with us yet, you can find out more about our courses here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study
October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A new academic year is here. A warm welcome to all our new DPhil and MSc students! We hope your experience of studying with us will be extremely rewarding.
For those not studying with us yet, you can find out more about our courses here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study
For those not studying with us yet, you can find out more about our courses here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study
Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter has contributed a chapter titled "Refugee Crises: An Archetype for Crisis Studies" to a new publication, which offers novel insights into human precariousness and resilience in times of crisis.
Learn more: Critical Explorations of Crisis – Bristol University Press
Learn more: Critical Explorations of Crisis – Bristol University Press
Critical Explorations of Crisis
Critical Explorations of Crisis - Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities; Bringing together a broad team of contributors, this book argues for a new interdisciplinary field of crisis studies. Co...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter has contributed a chapter titled "Refugee Crises: An Archetype for Crisis Studies" to a new publication, which offers novel insights into human precariousness and resilience in times of crisis.
Learn more: Critical Explorations of Crisis – Bristol University Press
Learn more: Critical Explorations of Crisis – Bristol University Press
Congratulations to Associate Professor Catherine Briddick on her new book, which analyses the treatment of women in migration law. The book identifies patterns of disadvantage, scrutinises justifications for differential treatment, and argues for migration status reform: bit.ly/women-migrat...
New book by Catherine Briddick analyses treatment of women in migration law
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Congratulations to Associate Professor Catherine Briddick on her new book, which analyses the treatment of women in migration law. The book identifies patterns of disadvantage, scrutinises justifications for differential treatment, and argues for migration status reform: bit.ly/women-migrat...
Our Public Seminar Series re-starts on Wed 15 Oct with Dr Anne Irfan presenting 'A short history of the Gaza Strip.'
Full details about this and the other seminars in the series are now available on our website: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
These live events will be shared online afterwards as podcasts.
Full details about this and the other seminars in the series are now available on our website: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
These live events will be shared online afterwards as podcasts.
October 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our Public Seminar Series re-starts on Wed 15 Oct with Dr Anne Irfan presenting 'A short history of the Gaza Strip.'
Full details about this and the other seminars in the series are now available on our website: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
These live events will be shared online afterwards as podcasts.
Full details about this and the other seminars in the series are now available on our website: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
These live events will be shared online afterwards as podcasts.
All 6 episodes in the ‘Refugees at work – what are their prospects?’ podcast are now available. They feature contributions from the RSC's, Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, Professor Alex Betts and Bisimwa Mulemangabo.
Listen here: www.ilo.org/PROSPECTS-po...
Listen here: www.ilo.org/PROSPECTS-po...
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
All 6 episodes in the ‘Refugees at work – what are their prospects?’ podcast are now available. They feature contributions from the RSC's, Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, Professor Alex Betts and Bisimwa Mulemangabo.
Listen here: www.ilo.org/PROSPECTS-po...
Listen here: www.ilo.org/PROSPECTS-po...
Don’t forget to sign up for ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’ tomorrow at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University, and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Don’t forget to sign up for ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’ tomorrow at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University, and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
A new podcast series: ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’, launches on 25 September at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A new podcast series: ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’, launches on 25 September at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...
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"When exercising colonial power over states, the UK produces stamps"
@catbriddick.bsky.social discussing the separation of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as a condition for independence
#BorderCrim2025 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
@catbriddick.bsky.social discussing the separation of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as a condition for independence
#BorderCrim2025 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"When exercising colonial power over states, the UK produces stamps"
@catbriddick.bsky.social discussing the separation of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as a condition for independence
#BorderCrim2025 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
@catbriddick.bsky.social discussing the separation of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as a condition for independence
#BorderCrim2025 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social