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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.
Latest publications
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Collective identities amid war and displacement: Syrians and Syrian refugees imagine their country
Journal article
Kathrin Bachleitner, (2021), Nations and Nationalism
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Belonging to Syria. National Identifications before and after 2011
Journal issue
Kathrin Bachleitner and Toby Matthiesen, (2021), Nations and Nationalism
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Community engagement in pastoralist areas: Lessons from the public dialogue process for a new refugee settlement in Turkana, Kenya
Journal article
Cory Rodgers, (2021), Pastoralism, 11
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Demarcating Boundaries: Against the “Humanitarian Embrace”
Journal article
Hanno Brankamp, (2021), Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 37, 46 - 55
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Introduction: Humanizing Studies of Refuge and Displacement?
Journal article
Hanno Brankamp and Yolanda Weima, (2021), Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 37, 1 - 10
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Understanding the Resistance: Researching Kurdish movements in Europe – while doing no harm
Journal article
Dilar Dirik, (2021), The Sociological Review
COVID-19 resources
Visit our section on COVID-19 resources, with a blog by RSC researchers, plus links to articles about the impact of the pandemic on forced migrants by both RSC researchers and others.
Latest news
RSC-BIEA Fellowship in Refugee Studies
The Refugee Studies Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a new 12-month fellowship scheme for aspiring researchers with a displacement background.
Forthcoming events
Social Cohesion as a Humanitarian Objective?
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 3pm to 4.30pm @ via Zoom
Postcolonial Racisms: National sovereignty and the making of new global apartheids
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 6pm to 7.30pm @ via Zoom
Fortress Europe and the Syrian refugee crisis
Monday, 31 January 2022, 5pm to 6.30pm @ via Zoom
Gil Loescher Memorial Fund
In celebration of the life and work of 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
