
Journal of Refugee Studies
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The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) provides a forum for exploration of the complex issue of forced migration.
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Extremely excited to share that our WoS- Q1 article is now out Journal of Refugee Studies. This study focuses on public service organizations, aiming to understand the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis on capacity of public healthcare providers in Bangladesh. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar…

What if we viewed trans asylum seekers with incorrect ID documents as experiencing statelessness? Would the UNHCR then have a mandate to provide legal gender recognition? Out today in Journal of Refugee Studies, I argue why this should be so #TransRights #UNHCR #LGR tinyurl.com/2m4ps2yf

ICYMI: In a Journal of Refugee Studies article, Kelsey P. Norman & Carrie Reiling show how supposedly humanitarian policies toward women in #Morocco can victimize them, stereotype male #migrants & #refugees as threatening, & strengthen the state's patriarchal role. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar…

📢 Article alert in the Journal of Refugee Studies 💡 "Geographies of #Shame: Diachronic and Transnational Shame in #ForcedMigrants with Experiences of #SGBV" ✍️ Anna Papoutsi 🍉, Jenny phillimore @[email protected], Selin Akyüz, Hannah Bradby, Dr Lisa Goodson & Cathy Vaughan (no longer spends time here) 🌐 doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe… WiRL

🔥Out now: 'What role for law in refugee studies?' (w/ the amazing Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen), the introduction to our special issue of Journal of Refugee Studies on transdisciplinary approaches to refugee law academic.oup.com/jrs/article-ab…



Forced vs. voluntary return: What does repatriation mean for displaced Syrians? Samer Abboud سامر عبود unpacks Syria’s ‘repatriation regime,’ where loyalty tests & punitive housing laws reshape return as illiberal statebuilding. Read the Editor's Choice today! doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe…

📢 #NewPublication | "UNHCR–state relations: transfer of authority over refugee status determination" by Derya Ozkul and Natalie Welfens. @DeryaOzkul, Natalie Welfens, Journal of Refugee Studies. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar…

From our most recent issue: "Bargaining (in)visibility" by Rohini Mitra and Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek explores how Rohingya refugees navigate hostile policies & negative visibility shaped by media, politics, and public opinion. Read today! Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe…

Was an absolute pleasure to review Vogl’s Anthea Vogl ‘Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination’ published by Cambridge University Press for Journal of Refugee Studies. To read it: academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar…

Take a look at this new review by Dilahan Bice-Kurtoglu!

Out of sync: temporal governance and agency in refugee families with temporary protection status in Denmark academic.oup.com/jrs/article/do… Journal of Refugee Studies

In their paper published with Journal of Refugee Studies, Norman and Reiling contribute to the gendered migration and refugee literature by highlighting the harm that humanitarian policies can cause to women. Read here: oxford.ly/3BIBTlh #OpenAccess


Are 'durable solutions' for refugees truly durable? Nicholas Maple & Lucy Hovil argue for a recalibration—centering citizenship, challenging sedentarist assumptions, and recognizing refugees' own solutions. Read today in the JRS: academic.oup.com/jrs/article-ab…

Thrilled to announce the first of the 2024 Early-Career Researcher Prize winners! 🎉 A huge congratulations to Nafia Akdeniz for her outstanding article: "Hope in the Ruins of Home" Free to read for the next year! academic.oup.com/jrs/article/37…

Thrilled to announce the second of our 2024 Early-Career Researcher Prize winners! 🎉 Congratulations to Sofie Elbæk Henriksen for her outstanding article: "Humanitarian Hacking", examining how refugee aid meets digital capitalism. Free to read for the next year! academic.oup.com/jrs/article-ab…

Congratulations, Nafia Akdeniz !

🚨 First post for my first article in Journal of Refugee Studies on the role of universities in Belarusian student displacement! Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe… Yet, it is a bittersweet joy. Nothing has changed for the many Belarusians still in prison or exile. A thread🧵⤵️


Really excited that this piece is finally out! My article explores how Hijra Bengali refugees refused repatriation and forged belonging beyond the state and the refugee regime. Thanks Journal of Refugee Studies and The Fulbright Program Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe…