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Topics include Syria, EU asylum law and policy, refugee economies, the refugee system, and self-reliance
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MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Applications are open for 2019-2020 entry. First application deadline: Friday 16 November 2018
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© UNHCR/ Frederic Noy
FMR 58: Economies: rights and access to work
With 22 articles on ‘Economies: rights and access to work’, plus 2 mini-features
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Refugee Economies Programme launches new website
The new Refugee Economies Programme (formerly the Humanitarian Innovation Project) has a new website
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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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The ethics of refugees
Journal article
Matthew J Gibney, (2018), Philosophy Compass
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Self-Reliance in Kalobeyei? Socio-Economic Outcomes for Refugees in North-West Kenya
Report
Alexander Betts et al, (2018)
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“But if Locals are Poorer than you, How would you Justify Additional Help?”: Rethinking the Purpose of Sensitive Interview Questions
Georgia Cole, (2018), Refugee Survey Quarterly
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Questioning the value of ‘refugee’ status and its primary vanguard: the case of Eritreans in Uganda
Working paper
Georgia Cole, (2018), RSC Working Paper Series, 124
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Panacea for the refugee crisis? Rethinking the promotion of ‘self-reliance’ for refugees
Journal article
Evan Easton-Calabria and Naohiko Omata, (2018), Third World Quarterly
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Syrians in displacement
Forced Migration Review
Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles (eds), (2018), Forced Migration Review, 57
Latest news
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“It simply isn’t safe for refugees to return yet” | Ali Ali
20 September 2018
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Introducing new staff at the RSC
18 September 2018
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New article by Matthew Gibney on the ethics of refugees
15 August 2018
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New RSC Newsletter 2017-2018 now online
1 August 2018
Forthcoming events
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In a troubled and polarized Middle-East: challenges for Palestine refugees and UNRWA | Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2018
Pierre Krähenbühl (UNRWA Commissioner-General)
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 5pm to 6.30pm
Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies | RSC Conference 2017
This major RSC Conference took place at Keble College, Oxford on 16-17 March 2017. A highlights video and session podcasts are available online.
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002
