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Humanitarian Innovation Project launch
Events
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
Podcasts
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
Media coverage
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
Events Press releases
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
Publications
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
Nando Sigona wins Teaching Excellence Award
General
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
Media coverage
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?
Blogs / articles Media coverage
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
Publications
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
Events
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
Events
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?
Events
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
Media coverage
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
Press releases
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
Publications
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
General
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
General
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
Events Videos
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