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
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
Connect with us: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/forms/general/connect
We are delighted to announce that our Annual Report 2024-2025 has now been published. The report provides details of all our research and activities over the past year and includes several feature articles.
Read and download the report: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/files-...
Read and download the report: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/files-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We are delighted to announce that our Annual Report 2024-2025 has now been published. The report provides details of all our research and activities over the past year and includes several feature articles.
Read and download the report: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/files-...
Read and download the report: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/files-...
Join us Wed 19 Nov, 5pm (ODID, Oxford) for a Public Seminar with Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester.
Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us Wed 19 Nov, 5pm (ODID, Oxford) for a Public Seminar with Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester.
Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
Martyna Maciejewska reflects on the June 2025 International Online School in Forced Migration: “A truly engaging and eye-opening experience, especially the focus on how colonialism shapes displacement. Learning with a diverse cohort broadened my perspective.”
Apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Martyna Maciejewska reflects on the June 2025 International Online School in Forced Migration: “A truly engaging and eye-opening experience, especially the focus on how colonialism shapes displacement. Learning with a diverse cohort broadened my perspective.”
Apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
Looking for a good read during #COP30? The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social Forced Migration Review focuses on climate change and choices for displaced people. It includes 23 articles from authors from across 5 continents.
All articles are open access: www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
All articles are open access: www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Looking for a good read during #COP30? The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social Forced Migration Review focuses on climate change and choices for displaced people. It includes 23 articles from authors from across 5 continents.
All articles are open access: www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
All articles are open access: www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
📘 Book Launch: Cities at the Forefront
🗓️ 20 Nov | 5PM | Somerville College - Oxford
Register for the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered
🔗 Register: bit.ly/cities-foref...
🗓️ 20 Nov | 5PM | Somerville College - Oxford
Register for the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered
🔗 Register: bit.ly/cities-foref...
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📘 Book Launch: Cities at the Forefront
🗓️ 20 Nov | 5PM | Somerville College - Oxford
Register for the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered
🔗 Register: bit.ly/cities-foref...
🗓️ 20 Nov | 5PM | Somerville College - Oxford
Register for the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered
🔗 Register: bit.ly/cities-foref...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social explored Dangerous Journeys & asked:
-how can more lives be saved on land & sea?
-where tragedies occur, how can more support & resolution be provided for those left behind?
Read a post pulling out some of the findings: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...
-how can more lives be saved on land & sea?
-where tragedies occur, how can more support & resolution be provided for those left behind?
Read a post pulling out some of the findings: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...
September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social explored Dangerous Journeys & asked:
-how can more lives be saved on land & sea?
-where tragedies occur, how can more support & resolution be provided for those left behind?
Read a post pulling out some of the findings: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...
-how can more lives be saved on land & sea?
-where tragedies occur, how can more support & resolution be provided for those left behind?
Read a post pulling out some of the findings: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...
Are you an African learner with:
✅a displacement background
✅interest in pursuing an MA degree
✅need for scholarship to cover tuition, travel, & living costs?
Apply to Graduate Horizons, the Refugee-led Research Hub's application support programme
🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/graduate-hor...
✅a displacement background
✅interest in pursuing an MA degree
✅need for scholarship to cover tuition, travel, & living costs?
Apply to Graduate Horizons, the Refugee-led Research Hub's application support programme
🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/graduate-hor...
July 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Are you an African learner with:
✅a displacement background
✅interest in pursuing an MA degree
✅need for scholarship to cover tuition, travel, & living costs?
Apply to Graduate Horizons, the Refugee-led Research Hub's application support programme
🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/graduate-hor...
✅a displacement background
✅interest in pursuing an MA degree
✅need for scholarship to cover tuition, travel, & living costs?
Apply to Graduate Horizons, the Refugee-led Research Hub's application support programme
🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/graduate-hor...
📢Calling prospective authors!
Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law.
⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...
Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law.
⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📢Calling prospective authors!
Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law.
⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...
Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law.
⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...
Five years ago, Nick van Hear and Robin Cohen put forward the idea of ‘Refugia’ – an innovative solution to the challenges posed by mass displacement.
Ahead of publication of a new French edition of their book, they revisit the concept.
Read their working paper: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...
Ahead of publication of a new French edition of their book, they revisit the concept.
Read their working paper: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Five years ago, Nick van Hear and Robin Cohen put forward the idea of ‘Refugia’ – an innovative solution to the challenges posed by mass displacement.
Ahead of publication of a new French edition of their book, they revisit the concept.
Read their working paper: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...
Ahead of publication of a new French edition of their book, they revisit the concept.
Read their working paper: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...