Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ)
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Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ)
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Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) https://academic.oup.com/rsq is an online only, peer-reviewed journal that publishes work in the refugee and forced displacement fields, from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
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📢 Call for Applications
The Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) is seeking applications for an Assistant Editor position. Applications, including a cover letter and CV, should be sent to Sharmin Islam (sharmin.islam@oup.com) by Monday, 30 October.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Register for the Upcoming Online Evening Dialogue on 'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies' happening on 14/11/2025
Time: 3pm- 4:30pm UK | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut

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November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Forthcoming Evening Dialogue 👇👇👇

'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time

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#Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📜 New Advance Article

The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being
By Daisy Pollenne Center On Migration, Policy and Society University of Oxford

🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
From the RSQ Archives is back!

This November, Refugee Survey Quarterly revisits key articles on RESETTLEMENT — exploring its past, present, and future in refugee protection.

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#RefugeeSurveyQuarterly #RSQArchives #Resettlement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration
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October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢 Publication Alert
NEW ADVANCE ARTICLE
Complementary Pathways at the Crossroads Between Migration and Asylum: Enhancing or Diluting the International Refugee Regime? by Emiliya Bratanova van Harten Lund University
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October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
RSQ is still accepting short responses to Dr. Romola Sanyal's Article, "The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection". doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
Responses should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words
Submissions should be made via the RSQ website
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The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection
Abstract. Space is foundational to questions of refuge and asylum, but this space is one of conditional hospitality, extended to those deemed worthy of pro
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October 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Volume 44, Issue 3
Meltem Ineli Ciger writes on Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📢 Call for Applications
The Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) is seeking applications for an Assistant Editor position. Applications, including a cover letter and CV, should be sent to Sharmin Islam (sharmin.islam@oup.com) by Monday, 30 October.
academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/ca...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📝Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) Volume 44, Issue 3 is now out!
The new issue features the Perspectives on Displacement Paper on The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection by Romola Sanyal, among other articles
🔗 Read the issue online: academic.oup.com/rsq/issue/44/3
September 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What do RSQ reviewers look for:

🔹 Does it engage refugee & forced migration debates?
🔹Does it go beyond description and add fresh insights?
🔹 Clear intro, argument, conclusion, sound methodology?
🔹 RSQ style guide, references, submission rules?

💡Read more: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/fi...
First-Time Authors: What Do Reviewers Look For?
Authors often ask what editors and reviewers look for in a submission to the RSQ. The following pointers may help orient (new) authors who are keen to publish i
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September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 Call for Extended Abstracts
Refugee Survey Quarterly invites extended abstracts (max 600 words) for its Perspectives on Displacement series.
📌 Deadline: 29 September 2025
📧 Submissions: nicholas.maple@sas.ac.uk
More details: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/Ge...
September 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 New in Refugee Survey Quarterly:
“Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia” by Samuel Zewdie Hagos
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August 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📢 Call for Extended Abstracts – Refugee Survey Quarterly’s Perspectives on Displacement
If you would be interested in writing a piece for the Perspectives on Displacement series, for publication in late 2026, please submit an extended abstract (maximum 600 words)
📝 Deadline: 29 September 2025.
August 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 Call for Short Responses
We invite short responses to Dr. Romola Sanyal's article, The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection
See: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
✅ Responses should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words submitted via the RSQ website: academic.oup.com/rsq
The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection
Abstract. Space is foundational to questions of refuge and asylum, but this space is one of conditional hospitality, extended to those deemed worthy of pro
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New Advance Article from our Perspectives on Displacement series [OPEN ACCESS]
Romola Sanyal examines The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection
🔗Read more: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📢New Advance Article [OPEN ACCESS]
‘Vulnerability’ in Decisions on International Protection in Austria: A Contribution to Equality?
By Margit Ammer and Monika Mayrhofer
🔗Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

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August 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New Advance Article (OPEN ACCESS)
Spectrums of Power: The Plight of Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia
By James Rochlin
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July 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New Advance Article [OPEN ACCESS]
Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations
By Meltem Ineli Ciger
🔗Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📄From RSQ Volume 44, Issue 2
Failing Asylum-Seekers: Limited Judicial Review of Refugee Status Determination Decisions in Brazil (OPEN ACCESS)
By Mariana Ferolla Vallandro do Valle @gvagrad.bsky.social
🔗Read more: academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...
July 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📄From RSQ Volume 44, Issue 2
"Criminalisation and Control: Mediterranean Maritime Search and Rescue Workers’ Perceptions of Uses of Law" (Open Access)
By Neil Graffin, Matt Howard and Joanne Vincett
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July 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Read the #RLI blog series on 'Deserters, Draft Evaders and Refugee Law' including this piece:

'Slave Soldiers and their Protection under International Refugee Law' written by Dr Sara Arapiles.

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#Soldiers #Military #InternationalRefugeeLaw
June 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📄From RSQ Volume 44, Issue 2
"Evacuations as Displacement: Conceptual and Legal Challenges" by Jane McAdam @kaldorcentre.bsky.social
🔗Read more: academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...
June 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📝 If you are a first-time author or early-career researcher, understanding what peer reviewers look for is essential to navigating academic publishing.
We’ve just published a new piece: “First-Time Authors: What Do Reviewers Look For?”
🔗 Read the article here: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/fi...
First-Time Authors: What Do Reviewers Look For?
Authors often ask what editors and reviewers look for in a submission to the RSQ. The following pointers may help orient (new) authors who are keen to publish i
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June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM