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Refugee Economies Programme launches new website
The new Refugee Economies Programme (formerly the Humanitarian Innovation Project) has a new website
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FMR 57: Syrians in displacement
With 27 articles on ‘Syrians in displacement’, plus 5 general articles
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Read the latest books by RSC academics
Topics include Syria, EU asylum law and policy, refugee economies, the refugee system, and self-reliance
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International Summer School in Forced Migration
Our Summer School takes place on 1-13 July 2018
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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.
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Pedro Arrupe Research Fellowship in Forced Migration
This exciting new two-year Fellowship is a collaboration between Campion Hall, the Refugee Studies Centre, and Jesuit Refugee Service International.
Find out moreLatest publications
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Panacea for the refugee crisis? Rethinking the promotion of ‘self-reliance’ for refugees
Evan Easton-Calabria and Naohiko Omata, (2018), Third World Quarterly
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Syrians in displacement
Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles (eds), (2018), Forced Migration Review, 57
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Refugee Economies in Kenya
Alexander Betts, Naohiko Omata, Olivier Sterck, (2018)
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Paradoxes of Resilience: A Review of the World Disasters Report 2016
Tom Scott-Smith, (2018), Development and Change
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Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State
Dawn Chatty, (2018)
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School, sexuality and problematic girlhoods: reframing ‘empowerment’ discourse
Kate Pincock, (2018), Third World Quarterly
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How friends become foes: exploring the role of documents in shaping UNHCR’s behaviour
Georgia Cole, (2018), Third World Quarterly
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Sticky technologies: Plumpy’nut®, emergency feeding and the viscosity of humanitarian design
Tom Scott-Smith, (2018), Social Studies of Science
Forthcoming events
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Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria
Dr Tahir Zaman (University of Sussex)
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 5pm to 6.30pm
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Outsourcing Border Control: The Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco
Dr Federica Infantino (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 5pm to 6.30pm
Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies | RSC Conference 2017
This major RSC Conference took place at Keble College, Oxford on 16-17 March 2017. A highlights video and session podcasts are available online.
Find out moreFounded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002
