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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Social Science: A Very Short Introduction
Book
Alexander Betts, (2024)
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Returning to fund refugeehood: dispersal and survival between Uganda and South Sudan
Journal article
Naohiko Omata and Yotam Gidron, (2024), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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Analysing archives to write migration histories
Chapter
Uttara Shahani, (2024), Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 116 - 135
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Refugee Memoirs: Kouamé’s Revenu des ténèbres (2018) and Dina Nayeri’s The Ungrateful Refugee (2019) and the challenge of refugee narratives
Journal article
Ashwiny O Kistnareddy, (2024), Forum for Modern Language Studies
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Encountering Nations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Journal article
Ashwiny O Kistnareddy and Jaakko Heiskanen, (2024), Journal of Intercultural Studies, 45 (5), 811 - 816
Latest news
Refuge-Making: Stories from Iraq
5 February 2025
Introducing our Visiting Fellows for Hilary term 2025
23 January 2025
Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2025
15 January 2025
Forthcoming events
Film Screening and Q&A: Chileans of the North
Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 5pm to 7pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB
Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, 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