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Preventing human displacement | Maurice Herson
30 January 2013
Maurice Herson writes for Debating Development, questioning whether are there are situations in which displacement is not inevitable
New departmental blog launched: Debating Development
28 January 2013
The Oxford Department of International Development has launched a new blog, 'Debating Development', offering a forum for academics, students, practitioners and policymakers to communicate and discuss the enormous diversity of research being carried out at the department
Forced migration in the Middle East | Dawn Chatty
24 January 2013
Professor Dawn Chatty discusses her research as a social anthropologist with a particular focus on forced migration in the Middle East
Governance and administration of justice in refugee camp settings | Kirsten McConnachie
24 January 2013
Dr Kirsten McConnachie discusses her research taking a broad comparative approach to refugee self-governance and justice using a mix of criminology, anthropology of law and materials from forced migration studies
Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh awarded IASFM Lisa Gilad Prize
9 January 2013
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh awarded prize for research on faith and humanitarianism
Put innovation at the heart of refugee protection work | Alexander Betts
4 January 2013
Dr Alexander Betts writes for the Guardian on harnessing the creativity of refugees and helping them become self reliant
Alexander Betts: Refugees are 'natural entrepreneurs'
18 December 2012
Dr Alexander Betts discusses the entrepreneurial drive of refugees in Thomson Reuters Foundation article
RSC 30th Anniversary Conference: Understanding Global Refugee Policy | Various speakers
10 December 2012
Listen to podcasts from the RSC 30th Anniversary Conference: Understanding Global Refugee Policy
The mind of the traffickers | Jennifer Allospp
7 December 2012
Consumer campaigns, self-help methodology and those who risk their lives to defend others cannot match the power of the trafficking industry. Jennifer Allsopp, reporting on the Trust Women conference for openDemocracy, looks for the core strategic thread that would take seriously the question of where power, and hence obligation lies
Building a humanitarian solutions database | Louise Bloom
4 December 2012
Louise Bloom discusses her role in building a database of innovative ideas that could be applied to humanitarian situations
Refugee livelihoods and private sector engagement in Uganda | Naohiko Omata
30 November 2012
Dr Naohiko Omata discusses his recent fieldwork in Kampala, Uganda, as part of the Humanitarian Innovation Project, researching refugee livelihoods and private sector engagement
The M23 rebellion: an (exceptionally provisional) attempt at some analysis | Will Jones
22 November 2012
Will Jones writes for Politics in Spires about the M23 rebel group's seizure of the strategic city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Alexander Betts: Refugees have 'the kind of drive and ambition that make for fantastic entrepreneurs'
19 November 2012
Dr Alexander Betts discusses the entrepreneurial potential of refugees in The Independent
Innovation, technology and the private sector in refugee protection | Alexander Betts
16 November 2012
Dr Alexander Betts introduces the Humanitarian Innovation Project, discussing the role of innovation, technology and the private sector in refugee protection
Humanitarian Innovation Project launch
14 November 2012
The Humanitarian Innovation Project (HIP) officially kicks-off on Thursday 15 November with a public launch event at the Oxford Department of International Development.
The architecture of refugee protection | Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
8 November 2012
Listen to a podcast of the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2012 by Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (Stanford Law School)
Nando Sigona interviewed by Voice of Russia on children at risk of statelessness in UK
7 November 2012
Dr Sigona says tens of thousands of children in the UK with no formal documentation could effectively be stateless
Forced Migration Review launches 25th Anniversary collection
7 November 2012
FMR will look back at how forced migration issues have changed – and what has stayed the same – since 1987
Former US presidential special assistant to give lecture on refugees and human rights
1 November 2012
On 7 November 2012, President Obama’s former Special Assistant for Justice and Regulatory Policy, Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, will deliver the Refugee Studies Centre’s Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture at the Oxford Museum of Natural History
World Disasters Report 2012 launched today: focus on forced migration and displacement
16 October 2012
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) World Disasters Report 2012, edited by Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, is launched today