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The book examines the themes of community governance, order maintenance and legal pluralism in the context of refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border
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The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement
14 July 2026
Refugee movements are one of the defining issues of the Twenty-First Century. But what difference does it actually make to be a refugee? A new book by Professor Alexander Betts, Associate Professor Naohiko Omata, Dr Jade Siu and Associate Professor Olivier Sterck addresses this question by examining the economic constraints placed on refugees.
Strategic Vulnerability? Gendered Migrant Activism in Spain's Exceptional Regularisation
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Lauren Beyhaut
When “Safe” Stops Meaning Safe: Language, Protection and Contemporary Asylum Governance
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Professor Michelle Pace
Beyond Survival: Livelihood Adaptation among Conflict-Displaced Populations in Northwest Nigeria and Maradi, Niger Republic
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Dr Talabi Rasheed Ayegbusi
“Ser Venezolano es comer Pabellon” To be Venezuelan is to eat Pabellon: Food Systems Collapse
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentation Trinity Term 2026 - Natasha Bernstein Bunzl
Translocal livelihoods under pressure - Climate, mobility and the erosion of adaptive infrastructures in West Africa (Burkina Faso/Côte d’Ivoire/Ghana)
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Cécile Damas Artigaud
The Invention of Safe Countries
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Dr Frowin Rausis
Mapping Resistance: Smartphones, In/Visibility, and Migrant Agency along the Balkan Route
17 June 2026
Visiting Fellows Presentations Trinity Term 2026 - Fatmanur Delioglu
‘Borders, Mobility, and Livelihoods’ project wins research engagement award
16 June 2026
Congratulations to Professor Naohiko Omata, Dr Yotam Gidron and Madison Bakewell on winning the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Engagement for the project 'Borders, Mobility, and Livelihoods'.
Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – book talk
10 June 2026
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester)
Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – book talk
10 June 2026
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester)
From making the Refugee City to being ethnically cleansed from it?
3 June 2026
Speaker: Associate Professor Sanaa Alimia (Aga Khan University)
From making the 'Refugee City' to being ethnically cleansed from it?
3 June 2026
Speaker: Associate Professor Sanaa Alimia (Aga Khan University)
Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration – book talk
27 May 2026
Speakers: Professor Michelle Pace (based in Roskilde, Denmark) and Dr Frowin Rausis (University of Geneva)
Protecting Refugee Rights: Collaboration, research and events to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention
27 May 2026
A Refugee Studies Centre initiative to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention will include an international research workshop and a keynote lecture from UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih.
Celebrating the new Refugee Studies Centre blog
1 May 2026
We launched the Refugee Studies Centre blog in January to share research and reflections on current issues related to forced migration. Now we are celebrating our 10th blog post, how many have you read?
Public Seminar Series – Trinity Term 2026
22 April 2026
The details of this term's public seminars and the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture are now available. There are seven events this term, including a book launch for 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception', a film screening of 'When the water horse seeks a new home' and a lecture on 'Severing relation: Haitian ‘criminal deportees,’ torture, and the spatialized ethics of removal'. Join us on Wednesdays at 5pm from 6th May.
Welcoming our Trinity Term Visiting Fellows
15 April 2026
We are delighted to offer a warm welcome to our nine Visiting Fellows for Trinity Term 2026. Photo left to right from the top: Frowin Rausis, Fatmanur Delioglu, Talabi Rasheed Ayegbusi, Cécile Artigaud, Farnas Yeasmin Nizom, Lauren Beyhaut, Natasha Bernstein Bunzl, Michelle Pace and Nihan Duran.