Public Seminar Series, Hilary Term 2026
17 December 2025
Our Public Seminar Series is convened by Professor Tom Scott-Smith and Professor Catherine Briddick. This interdisciplinary series brings together scholars and practitioners to explore pressing issues in forced migration and refugee studies. Full details of the seminars in Hilary Term 2026 are now available.
New paper on ensuring a human rights-compliant end to refugeehood co-authored by Catherine Briddick
15 December 2025
The Council of Europe Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) has released a new thematic paper, Ensuring a Human Rights-Compliant End to Refugeehood through Integration, Naturalisation or Voluntary Repatriation, which analyses the legal standards and human rights safeguards that must guide any cessation of refugee protection.
The Gil Loescher Memorial Fund is open for applications
1 December 2025
The Gil Loescher Memorial Fund has been established to support the costs of original research on any topic related to refugees and forced displacement by a graduate student (Masters or DPhil) at the University of Oxford. This fund is now open for applications.
Can Trump Dismantle the UN Refugee Convention? | Jeff Crisp article in PassBlue
1 December 2025
Jeff Crisp, RSC Visiting Fellow, has authored an article in PassBlue examining the Trump administration’s approach to the global asylum system.