News Archive
Press release: No Way Out, No Way In: Migrant children fall through the net
An estimated 120,000 children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at...
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Vacancy: Administrator, Refugee Studies Centre
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is currently seeking an Administrator to provide support...
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Vacancies: Humanitarian Innovation Project
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is seeking to appoint a Part-time Project Coordinator...
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Press release: Representatives of Mobile Indigenous Peoples call for respect of human rights ahead of Rio +20 Earth Summit
April 16 2012 Wadi Dana Jordan Ten years after the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and...
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RSC Staff and Associates editing a major, cutting-edge volume, The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
RSC Staff and Associates are editing a major, cutting-edge volume, The Oxford Handbook...
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Vacancy: Departmental Lecturership in International Refugee and Human Rights Law
Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford Grade 7: £29,249...
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Spring 2012 newsletter now available!
The Spring 2012 newsletter is now online. Inside this season’s newsletter you can read...
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Peter Loizos 1937-2012
Peter Loizos, a great supporter of the Refugee Studies Centre, passed away on March 2 after...
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Connect with the RSC on Facebook and Twitter
We are pleased to announce that you can now connect with the Refugee Studies Centre on...
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Video: Ockenden International Lecture, 7 February 2012
The Ockenden International lecture marked the establishment of a Junior Research Fellowship...
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New resource: Protracted Refugee Situations website
prsproject.org is a new website on Protracted Refugee Displacement (PRS), developed by...
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Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter to edit 2012 World Disasters Report
Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter , former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, has recently...
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RSC-OCAF Seminar: From DR Congo to Tel-Aviv: A story of Congolese refugees, activism and microfinance
Date: Friday 24 February 2012 4.30 pm Location: Seminar Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House...
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Migration Studies: Call for papers
Migration Studies is a new multi-disciplinary refereed journal from Oxford University Press...
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Migration Studies: New journal launched
Current and former staff at the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) and the International Migration...
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Ockenden International Lecture to mark the establishment of a Junior Research Fellowship in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration
Date: Tuesday 7th February 2012, 5.15pm Location: Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall...
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RSC 30th Anniversary Conference: Call for Papers
The Refugee Studies Centre’s 30th Anniversary Conference will take place on 6-7 December...
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RSC Special Seminar: Is UNHCR becoming a migration agency? An analysis of UNHCR's engagement in ‘mixed movements’
Presenter: Anja Klug, Head of the Migration and Asylum Unit, UNHCR, Geneva Date: Monday...
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New book: UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection, Second Edition
This new edition of 'UNHCR', by Alexander Betts , Gil Loescher and James Milner , provides...
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Palestine Refugees and International Law workshop
Applications are now invited for this two-day, non-residential, workshop examining the...
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Policy Briefing 8: Stabilising the Congo
Written by Emily Paddon (University of Oxford) and Guillaume Lacaille (Independent expert...
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Special Issue Launch: Faith Based Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement
On 29 November, Dr. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh launched the latest Special Issue of the...
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Anti-Gypsyism and the politics of exclusion in Italy
Dr Nando Sigona has co-edited with Dr Isabella Clough Marinaro a special issue of the...
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Forced Migration Review 38, 'the technology issue' now online
Forced Migration Review 38, ‘the technology issue’, is now out and online . Thirty...
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Vacancy: Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellowship in Development Studies (Refugees and Forced Migration)
Applications are invited for a three year fixed term stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship...
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Applications now being accepted for the 2012 Summer School
The summer school is aimed at mid-career or senior policy makers and practitioners involved...
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Dr Matthew Gibney in NY Times: Private companies profit from immigration control
Dr Matthew Gibney was quoted in a front page article in the New York Times on 29 September...
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RSC welcomes four Visiting Fellows
These Visiting Fellows will be at the RSC for the Michaelmas (Oct - Dec 2011) term, with...
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RSC resource: a tool for adoption of UNHCR voluntary pledges
To commemorate its 60 th Anniversary, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner...
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Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh edits special edition of the Journal of Refugee Studies on faith-based humanitarianism
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh has edited a special edition of the Journal of Refugee Studies...
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Unlocking protracted displacement: 3 new case studies published
Three new case studies have just been published in the RSC Working Paper Series highlighting...
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Dr Matthew Gibney co-edits special edition of Citizenship Studies on 'boundaries of belonging'
Dr Matthew Gibney has edited (along with Bridget Anderson and Emanuela Paoletti) a special...
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2011 Summer update newsletter online
The 2011 Summer update newsletter is now online. Inside this season’s newsletter you’ll...
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Dr Dawn Chatty conferred Professor status
The University’s Recognition of Distinction Committee has agreed to confer on Dawn Chatty...
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New working paper explores denationalisation and liberal principles
While political theorists have recently paid a great deal of attention to the question...
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New podcasts available on protracted displacement
Several new podcasts on protracted displacement situations are now available on Forced...
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New vacancy: University Lecturership in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
In association with Green Templeton College Grade 10a: £42,733 - £57,431 p.a. Applications...
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New RSC Resource DVD available
The RSC has released the latest edition of its Resource DVD including all RSC publications...
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New Junior Research Fellowship position to begin September 2011
The RSC is delighted to announce that Ockenden International has agreed to fund a three...
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Spring 2011 newsletter online
The Spring 2011 edition of the RSC newsletter is now online. Inside you'll find details...
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Prof Didier Fassin to give annual Colson Lecture
Professor Didier Fassin will speak on "The Vanishing Truth of Refugees" on Wednesday, 15...
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RSC and OPBP prepare Draft General Recommendation on Displaced and Stateless Women
The Refugee Studies Centre and Oxford Pro Bono Publico, a public interest project of the...
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Dr Dawn Chatty to act as RSC director on retirement of Professor Roger Zetter in September 2011
The RSC is pleased to announce that Dr Dawn Chatty will act as its next Director on the...
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FMR call for articles- 'Young and out of place'
Forced Migration Review issue 39 - to be published in February 2012 - will include a feature...
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Oxford Diasporas Programme launches new site
Led by the International Migration Institute, the Oxford Diasporas Programme (ODP) features...
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FMR37 published: Armed non-state actors and displacement
Forced Migration Review issue 37 , entitled ‘Armed non-state actors and displacement...
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Inaugural issue of OxMO journal published
The first issue of the student-run and student-edited Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration...
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New RSC website
The RSC is happy to launch this updated version of its website. The site aims to offer...
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New scholarships for migration studies at Oxford
At least three ESRC scholarships will be allocated to the programmes of MSc in Migration...
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New funding from MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation has funded Professor Zetter to undertake a two year study, commencing...
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MigrationOxford website launched
MigrationOxford website launched to showcase Oxford's work on forced and voluntary migr...
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