Each term the Refugee Studies Centre hosts a number of Visiting Fellows, including professional academics, post-doctoral scholars, independent non-academic researchers, and PhD (DPhil) students researching aspects of forced migration. The fellows undertake a period of self-directed research under the guidance of an academic advisor, and they enrich the academic life of the centre through mutual exchange.
This term, we are pleased to welcome:
Cécile Artigaud
Cécile Artigaud is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Sorbonne Paris-Nord. Her research examines migration decision-making in the context of climate change, with a particular focus on how environmental changes shape aspirations, livelihoods, and mobility trajectories. Read more
Talabi Rasheed Ayegbusi
Dr Ayegbusi is a teacher and researcher at Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford through a joint fellowship by the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Visiting Fellowship programme and the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford. Ayegbusi is a multidisciplinary researcher with interests in Peace, Conflict, Security, Disaster and Migration Studies, and Computational Social Sciences. Read more
Natasha Bernstein Bunzl
Natasha Bernstein Bunzl is a PhD candidate and Steinhardt Fellow in Food Studies at New York University in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. She holds a MA in Anthropology of Food from SOAS in London and a BA from Cornell University. Read more
Lauren Beyhaut
Lauren Beyhaut trained in social sciences at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, her research centres on migration studies, drawing on feminist theory, geopolitics and socio-legal approaches. Her previous work focused on sex trafficking between Europe and Latin America from both a historical and geographical approach (forthcoming article). Read more
Fatmanur Delioglu
Fatmanur Delioglu is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. Her research spans migration governance, critical border studies, surveillance, and resistance, with a specific focus on how technology shapes migrant experiences. Currently, she serves as a Research Assistant at the Global Adversity and Wellbeing Research Group and as a PhD Support Officer for both the Migration, Mobilities, and Social Politics Cluster and the Migration + Technology Hub at BSIA. Read more
Nihan Duran
Nihan Duran is a doctoral candidate in Political Sciences at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, specializing in intersectionality, gender, and forced migration. Her research examines the labour market experiences of refugee women in Germany, focusing on how gender, migration status, and socio-economic factors intersect to shape opportunities, constraints, and strategies for economic participation. Funded by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, her project bridges rigorous qualitative analysis with policy-relevant insights, aiming to inform inclusive labour and migration policies. Read more
Farnas Yeasmin Nizom
Farnas Yeasmin Nizom is a Doctoral Researcher at the Australian National University Law School, where she is fully funded by the Australian National University. Her work focuses on advancing the rights and protection of refugee children. Her PhD project, ‘Evaluating the Role of UN Treaty Bodies on Refugee Children’s Rights’, provides the first comprehensive cross-treaty analysis of how UN Treaty Bodies interpret and apply human rights norms to children in refugee contexts. Read more
Michelle Pace
Michelle Pace, PhD, is a Professor in Global Studies based in Denmark, a Visiting Professor (non-residential) at the Middle East Studies Forum, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation, Deakin University, Australia, as well as Associate Fellow, Europe Program, Chatham House, London, and an Affiliate Member, ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London. She is also a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, Sweden. Read more
Frowin Rausis
Frowin Rausis is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva and a research associate with the National Center of Competence in Research of migration and mobility studies nccr – on the move. His research examines the global diffusion of (i)liberal asylum policies, the role of international organisations in migration governance, as well as cooperation and contestation in migration diplomacy. Read more