Join us Wed 19 Nov, 5pm (ODID, Oxford) for a Public Seminar with Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester. Attacking health: Understanding the dynamics and broader impacts of violence against healthcare. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events

Martyna Maciejewska reflects on the June 2025 International Online School in Forced Migration: “A truly engaging and eye-opening experience, especially the focus on how colonialism shapes displacement. Learning with a diverse cohort broadened my perspective.” Apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Looking for a good read during #COP30? The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social Forced Migration Review focuses on climate change and choices for displaced people. It includes 23 articles from authors from across 5 continents. All articles are open access: www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...

📘 Book Launch: Cities at the Forefront 🗓️ 20 Nov | 5PM | Somerville College - Oxford Register for the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered 🔗 Register: bit.ly/cities-foref...

Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics. ⏰ Deadline: 8 December Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

Join us at ODID @odid-qeh.bsky.social at 5pm this Wed, for 'Cities of Refuge in an Age of Displacement' Romola Sanyal (LSE) will explore how displacement drives urbanisation & development — and what it means to offer refuge. No registration needed, all welcome! More info: bit.ly/cities-refuge

The RSC International Online School in Forced Migration brings together practitioners, policymakers, and academics from across the world. In December 2025, participants from more than 20 countries will join a week of critical learning and exchange. Info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Next week Professor Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social will be introducing her groundbreaking new book. Equality Talks - Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception: Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law Tuesday 11 November 5pm-6.30pm GMT Register here: bit.ly/equality-talks

📣 Only a few tickets left! Join us this Wed (5:15pm, St Anne’s College, Oxford) for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture. Lea Ypi will read from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflect on the enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal. 🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc

At RSC's International School in Forced Migration, participants begin with Conceptualising Forced Migration. “Conceptualisations are like optics: they highlight and obscure important issues, revealing why there are different views on forced migration.” Apply now: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

“Emerging from a history inscribed by displacement, my engagement with the course became a rare space where reflection could overtake reaction.” Layla Zibar reflects on her experience at the International Online School in Forced Migration. Apply now for Dec 2025: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Congratulations to Dr Hiba Salem on winning an Oxford University Press first book prize for her forthcoming monograph, The Politics of Education and Hope in Forced Migration: Journeys of Syrian Young People Across the World www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hiba...

The International Online School in Forced Migration brings together participants worldwide. Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement. Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Register now for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture on 5 November! @leaypi.bsky.social author and Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE will read from Indignity: A Life Reimagined & reflect on legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal. More info: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc

Applications are now open for the Oxford International Online School in Forced Migration, taking place 8-12 December 2025. Join Oxford experts to explore key debates on refugee and migration studies with a global peer group. Learn more: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Join us in Oxford this Wednesday at 5pm for a talk on ‘Displacement, solidarity, counter-government' by David Owen, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton. There is no need to register. More info, and details about our other events here: lnkd.in/gRrVciuA

We are glad to see that Hannah Zaruchas, a former Visiting Fellow here at the Refugee Studies Centre, has published an article on family reunification and refugees' right to family life.

📢 DSA Workshop on Publishing and Visibility for Racially Minoritised Early Career Academics 📅 6 Nov @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🎓 Final-year PhDs, postdocs & precariously employed researchers 🎤 Prof Uma Kambhampati & Dr Thi Bogossian 👉 buff.ly/6YMIoNo 📩 [email protected]

Introducing our visiting fellows for Michaelmas term 2025. Welcome to Arbie Baguios, Desislava Dimitrova, Gianna Eckert, Raksha Gopal, Natalie Dietrich Jones, Sari Nauman and Andrea Verdasco! Read more: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/welcomi...

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter.... global.oup.com/academic/pro...

"Every migrant lost on a dangerous journey is someone's child, parent or friend. Writing for FMR meant honoring those lives by reaching people who can prevent the next loss. Not just academics, but aid workers at borders & officials whose policies determine life & death." -Houman Oliaei, FMR75

A new academic year is here. A warm welcome to all our new DPhil and MSc students! We hope your experience of studying with us will be extremely rewarding. For those not studying with us yet, you can find out more about our courses here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study

Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter has contributed a chapter titled "Refugee Crises: An Archetype for Crisis Studies" to a new publication, which offers novel insights into human precariousness and resilience in times of crisis. Learn more: Critical Explorations of Crisis – Bristol University Press

Congratulations to Associate Professor Catherine Briddick on her new book, which analyses the treatment of women in migration law. The book identifies patterns of disadvantage, scrutinises justifications for differential treatment, and argues for migration status reform: bit.ly/women-migrat...

Our Public Seminar Series re-starts on Wed 15 Oct with Dr Anne Irfan presenting 'A short history of the Gaza Strip.' Full details about this and the other seminars in the series are now available on our website: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events These live events will be shared online afterwards as podcasts.

All 6 episodes in the ‘Refugees at work – what are their prospects?’ podcast are now available. They feature contributions from the RSC's, Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, Professor Alex Betts and Bisimwa Mulemangabo. Listen here: www.ilo.org/PROSPECTS-po...

Don’t forget to sign up for ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’ tomorrow at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University, and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...

A new podcast series: ‘Refugees at work - What are their prospects?’, launches on 25 September at 14.00 CET with Roger Zetter, Emeritus Professor in Refugee Studies, Oxford University and Nicholas Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/490b50...

"When exercising colonial power over states, the UK produces stamps" @catbriddick.bsky.social discussing the separation of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius as a condition for independence #BorderCrim2025 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social

This @thetimes.com article quotes @catbriddick.bsky.social extensively on the implications of a possible UK withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The latest issue of @fmreview.bsky.social explored Dangerous Journeys & asked: -how can more lives be saved on land & sea? -where tragedies occur, how can more support & resolution be provided for those left behind? Read a post pulling out some of the findings: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/dangero...

A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford examines how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is represented in the UK media 📄 Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

'...my concerns with these are the safety of separated children if they can't make applications to join family members'. @catbriddick.bsky.social was quoted in @thetimes.com on the UK government's decision this week to halt the family reunion route for refugees: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

A new commentary for BMJ Global Health co-authored by Dawn Chatty argues that European nations' suspension of asylum applications for Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime is premature, legally and ethically problematic, and poses serious health risks. gh.bmj.com/content/10/8...

🎉Congratulations to our Director, Tom Scott-Smith, who has been awarded the title of Professor in @ox.ac.uk's Recognition of Distinction exercise. Tom is now Professor of Political Anthropology. www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/tom-sco...

In a new post, @jfcrisp.bsky.social argues that rising levels of refugee hunger are not simply a result of recent aid cuts - they derive from a long-term failure to provide refugees with livelihoods opportunities. www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/08/19/w...

Congratulations to @alexanderbetts.bsky.social, who has been made a Fellow of the @britishacademy.bsky.social in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the humanities and social sciences. Read more:

Read a new @nytimes.com guest essay by @jfcrisp.bsky.social exploring the growing tendency of states to expel refugees and other migrants to countries with which they have no prior connection: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Are you an African learner with: ✅a displacement background ✅interest in pursuing an MA degree ✅need for scholarship to cover tuition, travel, & living costs? Apply to Graduate Horizons, the Refugee-led Research Hub's application support programme 🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/graduate-hor...

📢Calling prospective authors! Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law. ⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...

Five years ago, Nick van Hear and Robin Cohen put forward the idea of ‘Refugia’ – an innovative solution to the challenges posed by mass displacement. Ahead of publication of a new French edition of their book, they revisit the concept. Read their working paper: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...

Does the 'migration management' paradigm provide a realistic alternative to dangerous journeys? In a new article for @fmreview.bsky.social, @jfcrisp.bsky.social examines the strengths and weaknesses: www.fmreview.org/dangerous-jo...

I’m thrilled to finally share my article on citizenship, caste, and exit control at the time of the India-Pakistan partition out now on first view in Modern Asian Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians

Migration routes through Latin America to the US are fraught with risks, esp. for women. Our student Ngang Fru Delvis spoke with Cameroonian women about the dangers they faced, the support they received from local communities & safety strategies they developed.

Restrictive migration policies have made Europe’s mountainous alpine borders even more perilous for migrants crossing them, but a distinctive citizen-led approach to rescue in the Hautes-Alpes is helping reduce risks Read Elisa Sisto in @fmreview.bsky.social‬

We were delighted to host Prof Diana Allan for the Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture on 'Living Archives: Palestinian Displacement in Lebanon' Warms thanks for a fascinating talk, & showing of the film 'Partition'. If you missed the lecture, listen now:

🙏Thank you to Olukunle Owolabi for his recent talk, drawing on his multi-award winning book 'Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South' If you missed it, listen now: soundcloud.com/refugeestudi...

In a new RSC working paper, Laura Blythe systematically analyses efforts at cooperation by the UK and France over the last 20 years aimed at controlling and preventing irregular migration and asks how far they have achieved their stated objectives. www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications...

🎉 Congratulations to @uttara.bsky.social, who has won a Teaching Excellence Award from @socsci.ox.ac.uk in the Early Career strand! She was recognised for her innovative & engaging teaching methods on the MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/uttara-...

New research by Vittorio Bruni & @oliviersterck.bsky.social shows that #aid cuts in #refugee camps severely affect food intake and overall welfare, while also straining local food and credit markets. voxdev.org/topic/instit...