New Book: Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the key intellectual, political, social and institutional challenges arising from mass displacement in the world today, has now been published by Oxford University Press.
The Handbook’s editorial team is composed of current and former staff of the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at ODID, and RSC Associates: Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (Senior Research Officer), Professor Gil Loescher (Visiting Professor), Dr Katy Long (former RSC Research Associate) and Dr Nando Sigona (RSC Research Associate).
Since the birth of 'refugee studies' and the establishment of the RSC in 1982, research into the causes, experiences and implications of forced migration has grown exponentially, and yet to date there has been no authoritative volume charting the birth and rise of 'refugee studies' or critically considering the future challenges for this field of research and practice.
The Handbooks fills this major gap with state-of-the-art contributions by more than 50 leading scholars and practitioners. Readers are introduced to the field via a combination of innovative academic analysis and critical personal reflections of working with and about refugees and other displaced peoples, including trafficked people and 'environmental refugees'.