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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Automating Immigration and Asylum: The Uses of New Technologies in Migration and Asylum Governance in Europe
Report
Derya Ozkul, (2023)
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Humanitarian assistance as performance? Expectations and mismatches between aid agencies and refugee beneficiaries
Journal article
Naohiko Omata, (2022), Ethnos
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The freedom to choose: Theory and quasi-experimental evidence on cash transfer restrictions
Journal article
Jade Siu et al, (2022), Journal of Development Economics
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Book review: ‘Difficult life in a refugee camp: Gender, violence and coping in Uganda’, by Ulrike Krause, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2021, pp.250.
Book review
Naohiko Omata, (2022), International Migration
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Pour une redéfinition de la notion de “retour”: Le cas des diasporas congolaise et rwandaise de Belgique
Journal article
Marie Godin et al, (2022), African Diaspora, 14, 210 - 234
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Gender and access to justice in Uganda’s refugee settlements
Working paper
Yotam Gidron, (2022)
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Rethinking self-reliance and economic inclusion of refugees through a distributive lens: a case study from Uganda
Journal article
Naohiko Omata, (2022), African Affairs
RSC Statement on Ukraine
We, at the RSC, would like to express our deep shock and sadness at the loss of life and profound suffering caused by Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine. We also wish to express our solidarity with Ukrainians, and the huge numbers of people displaced by the current war.
Everyone, whether they are forced to flee events in Ukraine or elsewhere in the world, has the right to access and to receive protection in safe countries. We urge states to respect this fundamental right, without discrimination, for Ukrainians and for all people displaced from countries where their basic human rights are threatened.
The RSC Management Group
Latest news
Forthcoming events
Digital labour platforms and migration: making of commoditised workers
Tuesday, 07 February 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Seminar Room 2, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB
The digital border and its techno-symbolic assemblages of power
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Seminar Room 2, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB
Asylum, digital surveillance and platform power
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Seminar Room 2, 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.
COVID-19 resources
Visit our section on COVID-19 resources, with links to articles about the impact of the pandemic on forced migrants by both RSC researchers and others.
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002