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Nando Sigona wins Teaching Excellence Award
11 October 2012
Dr Nando Sigona has won a University of Oxford’s Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution towards teaching on the MSc in Migration Studies
Nando Sigona says deportation of Afghan children would violate UN conventions
6 September 2012
In an interview with the Danish newspaper Politiken (translated by the Copenhagen Post), Dr Nando Sigona warns against the risk of turning young returnees into military targets for anti-Western militants
Syria’s dismemberment: fulfilling the French Mandate’s vision?
4 September 2012
Professor Dawn Chatty writes for Open Democracy about the irony of British cooperation with the armed opposition in Syria
RSC marks World Refugee Day with launch of new issue of Forced Migration Review
20 June 2012
FMR39, entitled ‘North Africa and displacement 2011-2012’, is now online at the FMR website
Forward, backward, stalling? Trinity term seminars reflect on completion of the Common European Asylum System
15 June 2012
Convened by Jean-François Durieux and Violeta Moreno Lax, the Public Seminar Series touched upon the three ‘pillars’ of the second phase of CEAS
The Arab Spring and Beyond: Summary of recent workshop
13 June 2012
Workshop convened to examine the extent to which political and economic developments in North Africa and the Levant have impacted migration since the start of the Arab Spring
States, sovereignties and refugees: a view from the margins?
12 June 2012
On Wednesday 6 June, the Refugee Studies Centre welcomed Professor Alessandro Monsutti to speak at the annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture at the Oxford Museum of Natural History
The Economist features research by Dr Nando Sigona
21 May 2012
This week's edition of The Economist features research by Vanessa Hughes and the RSC's Dr Nando Sigona on the plight of undocumented migrant children in the UK
Representatives of Mobile Indigenous Peoples call for respect of human rights ahead of Rio +20 Earth Summit
16 April 2012
Representatives of Mobile Indigenous Peoples met for a workshop at the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature’s (RSCN) Dana eco-lodge last week to reflect on the achievements of the past decade and to consider future actions to promote the special needs and vulnerabilities of mobile indigenous peoples.
RSC staff and Associates editing a major, cutting-edge volume, The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
2 April 2012
The book will be published by Oxford University Press as part of its world-renowned Oxford Handbook series
Peter Loizos 1937–2012
13 March 2012
Peter Loizos, a great supporter of the Refugee Studies Centre, passed away on March 2 after a short illness.
Connect with the RSC on Facebook and Twitter
12 March 2012
We are pleased to announce that you can now connect with the Refugee Studies Centre on Facebook and Twitter
Ockenden International Lecture
29 February 2012
Lecture marks establishment of a Junior Research Fellowship in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration at Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) and Refugee Studies Centre
New resource: Protracted Refugee Situations website
24 February 2012
New website on Protracted Refugee Displacement (PRS), developed by the Refugee Studies Centre, provides key facts and figures, information and resources related to the study of protracted displacement
Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter to edit 2012 World Disasters Report
17 February 2012
Former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre commissioned by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to edit Report
Call for papers: Migration Studies
30 January 2012
New multi-disciplinary refereed journal from Oxford University Press will publish work that advances our understanding of the determinants, processes and outcomes of human migration. Please note, this call for papers has now closed
Migration Studies: new journal launched
25 January 2012
Current and former staff at the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute launch a new multi-disciplinary refereed journal to be published by Oxford University Press
Call for papers: RSC 30th Anniversary Conference
18 January 2012
The Refugee Studies Centre’s 30th Anniversary Conference will take place on 6-7 December 2012, focusing on the theme ‘Understanding Global Refugee Policy’
Waiting for solutions in uncertain times: Palestine refugees in the Middle East context | Filippo Grandi
19 December 2011
Listen to the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2011 by Filippo Grandi (UNRWA)