Welcome
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was founded in 1982 and is part of the Oxford Department of International Development. Our mission is to build knowledge and understanding of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Vacancies
Research Assistant, Newly Arrived Children: EAL and other Provisions and Policy Making project
Latest publications
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Education, ontological security, and preserving hope in liminality: learning from the daily strategies exercised by Syrian refugee youth in Jordan
Journal article
Hiba Salem, (2023), Journal of Refugee Studies
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Refugee entrepreneurship in Rwanda
Research in Brief
Naohiko Omata and Yotam Gidron, (2023), RSC Research in Brief 20
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Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey
Journal article
Julia R Pozuelo et al, (2023), BMJ Mental Health, 26
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Offshoring refugees: colonial echoes of the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
Journal article
Michael Collyer and Uttara Shahani, (2023), Social Sciences, 12 (8)
Latest news
Refugee entrepreneurship in Rwanda | A new research brief
11 September 2023
The Refugee-Led Research Festival 2023 takes place in Nairobi
11 September 2023
The Refugee-Led Research Hub launches Graduate Horizons
24 August 2023
On the passing of Professor Howard Adelman
26 July 2023
Forthcoming events
Ukraine: Insights and Implications
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Online via Zoom
Recognising Refugees: Book discussion on IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 5pm to 6pm @ Online
The use of new technologies in immigration and asylum governance: implications for human rights
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Online via Zoom
Gil Loescher Memorial Fund
In celebration of the life and work of Professor Gil Loescher, a fund has been established by the RSC and Gil’s family and friends to support students conducting research on refugee and displacement issues.
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002