Thomas McGee
BA, MA
Visiting Fellow
Thomas McGee is completing his PhD on ‘Syria’s Changing Statelessness Landscape - 2011 as Critical Juncture: Protracted Situations and “Ticking Time Bombs”’ at Melbourne Law School’s Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness. He holds a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and MA in Kurdish Studies from the University of Exeter. Speaking Arabic and Kurdish, Thomas is the MENA Regional Coordinator at the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) through the European University Institute. He has also worked for UNHCR, and various humanitarian and development organisations. Thomas’ academic work has been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration Review, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, Citizenship Studies, Genocide Studies International, Statelessness & Citizenship Review and the Kurdish Studies Journal.