Research
The Refugee Studies Centre carries out multidisciplinary research including policy-relevant work on the causes and consequences of forced migration with an emphasis on understanding the experiences of forced migration from the point of view of affected peoples.
Research in the Policy Programme of the RSC focuses on dissemination of research-based policy recommendations to dilemmas of forced migration.
Research projects by theme:
Belonging, formal status and changes in citizenship
Research in this theme concerns the identities (legal and otherwise) of forced migrants in relation ...
Detention, deportation and the control of migration
Research in this theme concerns the deportation, detention, and denaturalisation of forced migrants ...
Environmental change and mobility
Research in this theme explores mobilities and migrations due to environmental change and fluctuatio...
Forced migration, international institutions and world politics
Research in this theme considers the role of states and international institutions in the response t...
International law, human rights and displacement
Research in this theme concerns the international legal frameworks related to human rights and force...
Lives and livelihoods of forced migrants
Research in this theme focuses on the micro-level social and personal dynamics of groups of forced m...
Politics and practices of humanitarian response
Research in this theme interrogates the effectiveness and social and political implications of human...
State instability, development and forced migration
Research in this theme examines the causes and effects of forced migration as relate to state (in)st...
Drivers
This research cluster explores the following questions: What drives forced migration? How are its causes...
Governance
This research cluster explores the following questions: How is forced migration "governed" and how has...
