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
-
Humility, autonomy, and simplicity: three principles for humanitarian design
Journal article
Tom Scott-Smith, (2025), Third World Quarterly
-
Parenting dilemmas: Syrian refugee families resettled in the UK
Journal article
Naohiko Omata and Dunya Habash, (2025), Human Organization
-
Refugee mobility and livelihoods in Uganda
Research in Brief
Yotam Gidron, (2025), RSC Research in Brief 21
-
The Road to Nowhere? A Critique of the ‘Route-Based Approach’ to Migration and Asylum
Other
Jeff Crisp, (2025), RLI blog
-
Asylum advocacy in Europe: some unanswered questions
Other
Jeff Crisp, (2025), United Against Inhumanity blog
Latest news
FMR75 on ‘Dangerous journeys’ now online
29 May 2025
Oxford Sanctuary Fair 2025
26 May 2025
Localization in the Rohingya refugee response
15 May 2025
Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2025
1 May 2025
Forthcoming events
Film showing: Partition
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 4pm to 5pm @ Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB
Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2025 | Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 5.15pm to 6.15pm @ Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB
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
