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Working Papers

The RSC Working Paper Series is intended to aid the rapid distribution of work in progress, research findings and special lectures by researchers and associates of the RSC. Papers aim to stimulate discussion among the worldwide community of scholars, policymakers and practitioners.

Recent papers include:

Mohbuba Choudhury and Emanuela Paoletti (2024)Reviewing the contribution of the private sector to economic and labour market development in forced displacement contextsRSC Working Paper Series 141
Cleophas Karooma et al (2024)Sexual and gender-based violence among protracted refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda: Addressing gaps in knowledge and responsesRSC Working Paper Series 140
Poonam Sandhu (2023)A deconstructive approach to refugee self-reliance: the case of the Kalobeyei Integrated SettlementRSC Working Paper Series 139
Harald Fredriksson (2023)Sister parties no more: explaining the refugee policy divergence of the Swedish and Danish Social Democratic partiesRSC Working Paper Series 138
Damian Lilly (2021)Palestinian refugees and the Global Compact on RefugeesRSC Working Paper Series 136
Francesca P Albanese and Lex Takkenberg (2021)Rethinking solutions for Palestinian refugees: A much-needed paradigm shift and an opportunity towards its realizationRSC Working Paper Series 135
Haneen Kinani (2021)Exiled within: Between citizenship and the struggle for return for internal Palestinian refugees in IsraelRSC Working Paper Series 134
Gina Starfield (2020)Forging Strategic Partnerships: How civil organisers and lawyers helped unaccompanied children cross the English Channel and reunite with family membersRSC Working Paper Series 133
Emma Montoya (2020)Perverse incentives: an analysis of the border-management industry in the United StatesRSC Working Paper Series 132
Brian Gorlick (2019)The Rohingya refugee crisis: rethinking solutions and accountabilityRSC Working Paper Series 131


Other working papers

Derya Ozkul and Caroline Nalule (2023)Recognising Refugees: A Review of the Literature and Approaches (1990-2020)RefMig Working Paper No. 1/2023
Derya Ozkul (2023)Refugee Recognition Regime Country Profile: LebanonRefMig Working Paper No. 3/2023
Caroline Nalule (2023)Refugee Recognition Regime Country Profile: South AfricaRefMig Working Paper No. 2/2023
Yotam Gidron (2022)Gender and access to justice in Uganda’s refugee settlementsRefugee Law Project Working Papers
Evan Easton-Calabria and Yahya Alaous (2022)Belonging in Berlin: An exploration of Syrian refugee-led organisations and volunteerism during COVID-19On Belonging in Europe Paper Series, UC Berkeley
Alexander Betts et al (2022)Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interactions: Evidence from East AfricaPolicy Research Working Paper Series, World Bank

A full list of working papers including the RSC series can be found here.