The Refugee Studies Centre was founded in 1982 as part of the Oxford Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House) at the University of Oxford.

Our purpose is to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people.

Channel art: Thousands of new pre-fabricated homes are being installed in Za'atri refugee camp for the most vulnerable refugees. Credit: UNHCR / B. Sokol

Rewriting Refugee Law: Centring Refugee Knowledges and Lived Experiences
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Rewriting Refugee Law: Centring Refugee Knowledges and Lived Experiences
Protection in the UK: the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
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Protection in the UK: the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Borders, technology and movement: Implications of technology use by states and refugees
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Borders, technology and movement: Implications of technology use by states and refugees
El impacto de las tecnologías en la inclusión económica, social y cultural de los refugiados
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El impacto de las tecnologías en la inclusión económica, social y cultural de los refugiados
Implications de l’utilisation de la technologie par les États et les réfugiés
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Implications de l’utilisation de la technologie par les États et les réfugiés
Implicaciones del uso de la tecnología por parte de los Estados y las comunidades refugiadas
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Implicaciones del uso de la tecnología por parte de los Estados y las comunidades refugiadas
الحدود والتكنولوجيا والحركة: الآثار المترتبة على استخدام الدول واللاجئين للتكنولوجيا
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الحدود والتكنولوجيا والحركة: الآثار المترتبة على استخدام الدول واللاجئين للتكنولوجيا
كيف تُحول التكنولوجيات الرقمية الشمول الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والثقافي للاجئين
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كيف تُحول التكنولوجيات الرقمية الشمول الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والثقافي للاجئين
Comment les technologies transforment l’inclusion économique, sociale et culturelle des réfugiés
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Comment les technologies transforment l’inclusion économique, sociale et culturelle des réfugiés
How digital technologies are transforming refugees’ economic, social and cultural inclusion
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How digital technologies are transforming refugees’ economic, social and cultural inclusion
Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Public Seminar Series, Hilary 2024
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Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Public Seminar Series, Hilary 2024
Resolution No. 02/23 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Resolution No. 02/23 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Resolución No. 02/23 de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos
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Resolución No. 02/23 de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos
Evacuations as Displacement I Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2024
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Evacuations as Displacement I Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2024
Enabling Refoulement? The UK-Rwanda Agreement and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
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Enabling Refoulement? The UK-Rwanda Agreement and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Refugee Protection and AAA and others|Panel 2: Borders, Racialisation & Refugee Protection in Rwanda
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Refugee Protection and AAA and others|Panel 2: Borders, Racialisation & Refugee Protection in Rwanda
Refugee Protection and AAA and others | Panel 1: International Refugee Law and Safe Third Countries
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Refugee Protection and AAA and others | Panel 1: International Refugee Law and Safe Third Countries
Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees | Elizabeth Colson Lecture
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Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees | Elizabeth Colson Lecture
The use of new technologies in immigration and asylum governance: implications for human rights
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The use of new technologies in immigration and asylum governance: implications for human rights
Online launch: FMR 72, Ukraine: Insights and Implications
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Online launch: FMR 72, Ukraine: Insights and Implications
Prof Cathryn Costello interviewed on the BBC News Channel regarding the Rwanda plan court decision
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Prof Cathryn Costello interviewed on the BBC News Channel regarding the Rwanda plan court decision
Online launch: FMR 71, Socio-economic integration: towards solutions for displaced people
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Online launch: FMR 71, Socio-economic integration: towards solutions for displaced people
Right where we belong: how refugee teachers and students are changing the future of education
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Right where we belong: how refugee teachers and students are changing the future of education
Writing and researching Palestine: reflections on positionality and decoloniality
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Writing and researching Palestine: reflections on positionality and decoloniality
Asylum after the Act | A panel discussion
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Asylum after the Act | A panel discussion
The struggle for peace by LGBTI+ and women’s organisations in Turkey
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The struggle for peace by LGBTI+ and women’s organisations in Turkey
Fascism is not dead: violence of Hindu nationalism in India and the possibilities of resistance
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Fascism is not dead: violence of Hindu nationalism in India and the possibilities of resistance
A materialist account of patriarchy under the post-colonial state I Mohammed Elnaiem
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A materialist account of patriarchy under the post-colonial state I Mohammed Elnaiem
The struggle for self-determination & grassroots liberation from neocolonial NGO-ism
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The struggle for self-determination & grassroots liberation from neocolonial NGO-ism
Carceral Geographies, Racial Violence I Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2022
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Carceral Geographies, Racial Violence I Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2022