Refugee Studies Centre
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The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, is a global leader in multidisciplinary research on forced migration.
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Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry: https://bit.ly/4pUTXMA
Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni and Olivier Sterck explain why implementing differentiated assistance among refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp isn’t just unfair — it’s harmful.
Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni and Olivier Sterck explain why implementing differentiated assistance among refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp isn’t just unfair — it’s harmful.
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry: https://bit.ly/4pUTXMA
Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni and Olivier Sterck explain why implementing differentiated assistance among refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp isn’t just unfair — it’s harmful.
Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni and Olivier Sterck explain why implementing differentiated assistance among refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp isn’t just unfair — it’s harmful.
The December 2025 International Online School in Forced Migration is underway.
Participants from more than 20 countries are joining Oxford academics, UN staff, and practitioners to explore the key debates in refugee and forced migration studies.
Welcome to all participants.
Participants from more than 20 countries are joining Oxford academics, UN staff, and practitioners to explore the key debates in refugee and forced migration studies.
Welcome to all participants.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The December 2025 International Online School in Forced Migration is underway.
Participants from more than 20 countries are joining Oxford academics, UN staff, and practitioners to explore the key debates in refugee and forced migration studies.
Welcome to all participants.
Participants from more than 20 countries are joining Oxford academics, UN staff, and practitioners to explore the key debates in refugee and forced migration studies.
Welcome to all participants.
In recent decades many Mobile Indigenous Peoples have been displaced, dispossessed, and expelled from their traditional territories.
Professor Dawn Chatty discusses ‘Mobile Indigenous Peoples and the quest for human rights’ (in French with summary in English). nomopolis.org/nomopolis-3-...
Professor Dawn Chatty discusses ‘Mobile Indigenous Peoples and the quest for human rights’ (in French with summary in English). nomopolis.org/nomopolis-3-...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In recent decades many Mobile Indigenous Peoples have been displaced, dispossessed, and expelled from their traditional territories.
Professor Dawn Chatty discusses ‘Mobile Indigenous Peoples and the quest for human rights’ (in French with summary in English). nomopolis.org/nomopolis-3-...
Professor Dawn Chatty discusses ‘Mobile Indigenous Peoples and the quest for human rights’ (in French with summary in English). nomopolis.org/nomopolis-3-...
URGENT UPDATE: Unfortunately, the public seminar scheduled for this evening, ‘Decolonization’s forgotten children: Refugees and the stateless as ecological agents in South Asia’ has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
URGENT UPDATE: Unfortunately, the public seminar scheduled for this evening, ‘Decolonization’s forgotten children: Refugees and the stateless as ecological agents in South Asia’ has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
Six of this term's seminars are now available as podcasts, starting with...
A short history of the Gaza Strip
Dr Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London
Visit soundcloud for all our recordings: soundcloud.com/refugeestudi...
A short history of the Gaza Strip
Dr Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London
Visit soundcloud for all our recordings: soundcloud.com/refugeestudi...
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Six of this term's seminars are now available as podcasts, starting with...
A short history of the Gaza Strip
Dr Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London
Visit soundcloud for all our recordings: soundcloud.com/refugeestudi...
A short history of the Gaza Strip
Dr Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London
Visit soundcloud for all our recordings: soundcloud.com/refugeestudi...
Uttara Shahani, RSC Research Fellow in the History of Forced Migration, has co-authored this insightful Op-ed in the Times of India commenting on the enduring impacts of Partition on the Sindhi Hindu community 70 years on. The image shows the full article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Uttara Shahani, RSC Research Fellow in the History of Forced Migration, has co-authored this insightful Op-ed in the Times of India commenting on the enduring impacts of Partition on the Sindhi Hindu community 70 years on. The image shows the full article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...
Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...
Visiting Fellowship applications and the Sally Hogg Prize
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November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement.
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...
More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...
Join us for this week's public seminar on Non-signatory states in international refugee law.
Speaker: Maja Janmyr, Professor of International Migration Law at the University of Oslo
Wednesday, 26 November, 5pm, Oxford Department of International Development
More info: https://bit.ly/3Xi4YeK
Speaker: Maja Janmyr, Professor of International Migration Law at the University of Oslo
Wednesday, 26 November, 5pm, Oxford Department of International Development
More info: https://bit.ly/3Xi4YeK
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Join us for this week's public seminar on Non-signatory states in international refugee law.
Speaker: Maja Janmyr, Professor of International Migration Law at the University of Oslo
Wednesday, 26 November, 5pm, Oxford Department of International Development
More info: https://bit.ly/3Xi4YeK
Speaker: Maja Janmyr, Professor of International Migration Law at the University of Oslo
Wednesday, 26 November, 5pm, Oxford Department of International Development
More info: https://bit.ly/3Xi4YeK
We recently welcomed Dr Maggie Neil as our 2025-2028 Pedro Arrupe Research Fellow in Forced Migration. In this interview for Campion Hall, Maggie offers an engaging insight into the experiences and ideas that shape her work in migration and anthropology.
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www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/convers...
A conversation with Dr Maggie Neil, Pedro Arrupe Research Fellow in Forced Migration Studies
This conversation with Dr Maggie Neil offers an engaging insight into the experiences and ideas that shape her work in migration and anthropology. Tracing a path from arts and humanities to fieldwork ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We recently welcomed Dr Maggie Neil as our 2025-2028 Pedro Arrupe Research Fellow in Forced Migration. In this interview for Campion Hall, Maggie offers an engaging insight into the experiences and ideas that shape her work in migration and anthropology.
www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/convers...
www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/convers...
Displaced Venezuelans’ experiences of navigating temporary protection in Latin America
Alessandra Enrico-Headrington shares insights from focus groups with Venezuelans in Colombia, Peru & Ecuador. Her findings reveal a complex & diverse landscape of preferences & experiences.
bit.ly/4pxDwWr
Alessandra Enrico-Headrington shares insights from focus groups with Venezuelans in Colombia, Peru & Ecuador. Her findings reveal a complex & diverse landscape of preferences & experiences.
bit.ly/4pxDwWr
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Displaced Venezuelans’ experiences of navigating temporary protection in Latin America
Alessandra Enrico-Headrington shares insights from focus groups with Venezuelans in Colombia, Peru & Ecuador. Her findings reveal a complex & diverse landscape of preferences & experiences.
bit.ly/4pxDwWr
Alessandra Enrico-Headrington shares insights from focus groups with Venezuelans in Colombia, Peru & Ecuador. Her findings reveal a complex & diverse landscape of preferences & experiences.
bit.ly/4pxDwWr
Only a few places remain for Professor Dawn Chatty's event focused on education in Palestine.
Education under Occupation II
Speaker: Mohammed Natsheh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network
Friday 21 November, 4-5pm
London and online
Register here: bit.ly/education-oc...
Education under Occupation II
Speaker: Mohammed Natsheh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network
Friday 21 November, 4-5pm
London and online
Register here: bit.ly/education-oc...
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Only a few places remain for Professor Dawn Chatty's event focused on education in Palestine.
Education under Occupation II
Speaker: Mohammed Natsheh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network
Friday 21 November, 4-5pm
London and online
Register here: bit.ly/education-oc...
Education under Occupation II
Speaker: Mohammed Natsheh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network
Friday 21 November, 4-5pm
London and online
Register here: bit.ly/education-oc...
We are looking forward to the online launch event for
Forced Migration Review 76: Climate change - choices for displaced people on November 26th at 14:00 UK time / 09:00 New York / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi / 19:30 Delhi.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Forced Migration Review 76: Climate change - choices for displaced people on November 26th at 14:00 UK time / 09:00 New York / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi / 19:30 Delhi.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We are looking forward to the online launch event for
Forced Migration Review 76: Climate change - choices for displaced people on November 26th at 14:00 UK time / 09:00 New York / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi / 19:30 Delhi.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Forced Migration Review 76: Climate change - choices for displaced people on November 26th at 14:00 UK time / 09:00 New York / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi / 19:30 Delhi.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@fmreview.bsky.social
'Cutting aid in humanitarian settings is not just a policy choice, it is a moral failure' write Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni, and Olivier Sterck
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
@oliviersterck.bsky.social writes in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social about effects of cuts to food assistance in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
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@oliviersterck.bsky.social writes in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social about effects of cuts to food assistance in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
@odid-qeh.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
'Cutting aid in humanitarian settings is not just a policy choice, it is a moral failure' write Madison Bakewell, Vittorio Bruni, and Olivier Sterck
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...
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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...