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The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was founded in 1982 as part of the Oxford Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House) at the University of Oxford.
The RSC aims to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people.
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Press release: No Way Out, No Way In: Migrant children fall through the netAn estimated 120,000 children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at... —moreVacancy: Administrator, Refugee Studies CentreThe Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is currently seeking an Administrator to provide support... —moreVacancies: Humanitarian Innovation ProjectThe Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is seeking to appoint a Part-time Project Coordinator... —more |
Public SeminarsThe Perfect Storm: the Challenge of EU Obligations on Reception of Asylum Seekers and European Human Rights Norms Elspeth Guild —moreAnnual Elizabeth Colson LectureStates, Sovereignties and Refugees: A View from the Margins? Professor Alessandro Monsutti —moreConferences and workshopsRSC 30th Anniversary Conference: Understanding Global Refugee Policy Refugee Studies Centre —more |
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9. Displacement, transitional justice and reconciliation: Assumptions, challenges and...
Author(s): Dr Megan Bradley
Written by Dr Megan Bradley (Fellow in the Foreign Policy Programme at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC), this policy briefing explores the links between reconciliation, forced migration and...
Policy Briefings
8. Stabilising the Congo
Author(s): Emily Paddon and Guillaume Lacaille
The brief considers the ‘stabilisation approach’ adopted by both the international community and national government to address the continued insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...
Working Papers
80 Rwanda’s Ingando camps: Liminality and the reproduction of power
Author(s): Andrea Purdeková
In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, reconciliation and the building of a unified nation have become key challenges for the new Rwandan political elite. To this end, over almost two decades,...
