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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Success twinned by challenge: an urban IDP response in Ethiopia
Journal article
Evan Easton-Calabria, (2021), Refugee Survey Quarterly, 39(4), 525 - 536
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‘Over-researched’ and ‘Under-researched’ refugee groups: exploring the phenomena, causes and consequences
Journal article
Naohiko Omata, (2021), Journal of Human Rights Practice
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Building economies in refugee-hosting regions: lessons from Dollo Ado
Research in Brief
Alexander Betts and Raphael Bradenbrink, (2020), RSC Research in Brief 18
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The IKEA Foundation and livelihoods in Dollo Ado: lessons from the cooperatives model
Research in Brief
Alexander Betts and Raphael Bradenbrink, (2020), RSC Research in Brief 17
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Refugee recognition: not always sought
Forced Migration Review
Derya Ozkul, (2020), Forced Migration Review, 65, 39 - 42
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Exploring RSD handover from UNHCR to States
Forced Migration Review
Caroline Nalule and Derya Ozkul, (2020), Forced Migration Review, 65, 27 - 29
Latest news
Gil Loescher Memorial Fund
In celebration of the life and work of Gil Loescher, a new 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 new section on COVID-19 resources, with a blog by RSC researchers, plus links to articles about the impact of the pandemic on forced migrants by both RSC researchers and others.
Forthcoming events
Refugee denial: Settler colonialism and the making of the Global North imaginary
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 5pm to 6pm @ Zoom webinar
Refugees, escapees and migrants: International migration and the politics of naming displacement in the Biafran War
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 5pm to 6pm @ Zoom webinar
The international refugee regime and postcolonial sovereignty: Algeria, refugees and the UNHCR, 1954-63
Wednesday, 03 February 2021, 5pm to 6pm @ Zoom webinar
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002