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Join us for the  virtual launch of a new podcast series entitled ‘Refugees at Work - What Are Their Prospects?

Pre-eminently framed as a humanitarian and protection challenge in the past, the impact and the potential economic contribution of refugees and forcibly displaced people to their host countries is now also framed as a significant development opportunity.

Based on the transformation of the international response to displacement, and the Internaional Labour Organization (ILO)’s engagement in the PROSPECTS Programme, this six-part podcast series takes a closer look at the changing landscape.

The podcast episodes feature international experts, who explore the economic impacts, challenges and opportunities created by refugees’ access to labour markets in host countries

PODCAST PROGRAMME AND CONTENT
  1. Refugees at Work: Transforming the international refugee regime and framing the HDPN - context and concepts (Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, RSC, University of Oxford)
  2. Refugees at Work: The history of the ILO’s refugee engagement (Dr Katy Long, Independent Researcher)
  3. Refugees at Work: A donor perspective on forced displacement (Ana Uzelac, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  4. Refugees at Work: The ILO and PROSPECTS (Nicholas Grisewood, ILO, PROSPECTS Programme Director)
  5. Refugees at Work: Refugee Agency, Livelihoods and Inclusion (Professor Alex Betts, and  Bisimwa Mulemengabo, RSC, University of Oxford)
  6. Refugees at Work: Experience, Outcomes and Impacts – Country Case Studies and Experience(Svein-Erik Stave and Tewodros Kebede, FAFO, Norway)

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Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture

The Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture is held in Trinity term. It is named after Professor Elizabeth Colson, a renowned anthropologist.

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture

The Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture is named in honour of Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founding Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. It is held each year in Michaelmas term.

Public Seminar Series

Each term the RSC holds a series of public seminars, held on Wednesday evenings at Queen Elizabeth House. Click here for details of forthcoming seminars.

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Forthcoming events

A short history of the Gaza Strip

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Displacement, solidarity, counter-government

Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora and the first human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)

Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Migration and displacement: My grandmother, Lausanne, and some lessons for the present

Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 5.15pm to 6.15pm @ Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, 56 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HS

Cities of refuge in an age of displacements

Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB

Law unbound? Asylum and migration law in the UK post-Brexit

Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR