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'Bottom-up innovation' by refugees | Alexander Betts
Blogs / articles
4 June 2014
Dr Alexander Betts writes for the UNHCR Global Views blog – a new forum to discuss refugee policy and practice
Introduction to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook now available for preview
Publications
3 June 2014
Download the opening chapter of the Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, by Elena Fiddian Qasmiyeh, Gil Loesher, Katy Long and Nando Sigona
Arbitrary detention of asylum seekers: a comparison of some recent practice from Italy and the UK | Daniel Wilsher and Francesca Cancellaro
Podcasts
30 May 2014
Listen to the podcast from the 28 May seminar by Dr Daniel Wilsher (City University London) and Francesca Cancellaro (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna), part of the Trinity term 2014 Public Seminar Series
The politics of nation-building: making co-nationals, refugees, and minorities | Harris Mylonas
Podcasts
29 May 2014
Listen to the podcast of the 27 May special seminar by Professor Harris Mylonas (George Washington University), hosted by the RSC and the Oxford Diasporas Programme
Refuge from deprivation: socio-economic harm and non-refoulement in international law | Michelle Foster
Podcasts
23 May 2014
Listen to the podcast of the 21 May seminar by Dr Michelle Foster (Melbourne Law School), part of the Trinity term 2014 Public Seminar Series
Alexander Betts on 'Transformation through Innovation' thematic team for World Humanitarian Summit
Research impacts
22 May 2014
Dr Alexander Betts has been selected for the thematic team, which will meet regularly as part of the consultations process for the World Humanitarian Summit
A lost generation? Education opportunities for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon | Maha Shuayb
Podcasts
20 May 2014
Listen to the 19 May special seminar by Dr Maha Shuayb (Centre for Lebanese Studies), hosted by Oxford Solidarity for Syria in collaboration with the RSC
Solidarity and responsibility-sharing for refugee protection in the EU’s Common European Asylum System | Madeline Garlick
Podcasts
16 May 2014
Listen to the 14 May seminar by Madeline Garlick (Radboud University), part of the Trinity term 2014 Public Seminar Series
Governing Refugees: New book by Kirsten McConnachie garners praise
Publications
14 May 2014
The book examines the themes of community governance, order maintenance and legal pluralism in the context of refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border
Matthew Gibney talks to Voice of Russia UK about government proposals to make terror suspects stateless
Media coverage
13 May 2014
Dr Gibney comments on the controversial amendment as the House of Commons approves the plans
RSC Newsletter, Trinity term 2014: A note from the Director
General
12 May 2014
RSC Director, Dawn Chatty, introduces our Trinity term newsletter with a number of updates from the Centre, including the announcement of her successor in the rotating Directorship of the RSC
UN High Commissioner for Refugees commends RSC for The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Publications
10 May 2014
The Editors are very pleased to announce that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, has contributed the Foreword to the 53-chapter Handbook, which will be published in June 2014
AlertNet highlights new FMR issue on Afghanistan
Media coverage
9 May 2014
Article highlights three pieces in the latest issue of FMR, which outline the threats faced by displaced Afghan women and girls
Weapons of mass migration: forced displacement, coercion and foreign policy | Kelly M Greenhill
Podcasts
9 May 2014
Listen to the 7 May seminar by Professor Kelly M Greenhill (Tufts University), part of the Trinity term 2014 Public Seminar Series
Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh participates in Westminster debate on faith and development
Events Research impacts
8 May 2014
Latest event in 2014 series of Westminster Faith Debates asked whether the benefits of engaging religion for development outweigh the dangers
Dawn Chatty to be interviewed on BBC World News about new Syrian refugee camp
Media coverage
30 April 2014
Opening of Azraq Camp in Jordan to be discussed on 'GMT with George Alagiah' at 12.30pm today
Khalid Koser awarded MBE for 'services to refugees and asylum seekers in the UK'
General
30 April 2014
Editor of the Journal of Refugee Studies appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as a part of the Queen’s New Years Honours List for 2014
Daily Record (Scotland) covers RSC Working Paper on United Glasgow FC
Media coverage
29 April 2014
Article, based on a recent paper by former MSc students, shows how refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants and Scottish nationals find common ground on the pitch
RSC's work highlighted in Oxford Today
Media coverage
23 April 2014
Oxford's three migration centres discussed in University magazine
The law and politics of forced migration | Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2014
Events
23 April 2014
This term's series is co-convened by Dr Cathryn Costello and Dr Alexander Betts