In the context of various refugee crises including the European context, the Refugee Studies Centre is conducting this Centre-wide project called ‘Rethinking Refuge’. The project aims to involve scholars both from the RSC and elsewhere, as well as policy-makers and practitioners, in a debate on the reform of the global refugee regime and the role refugee studies can play within it. In doing so, we aim to bridge the gap between scholarly research and policy-making and contribute both to scholarly discourse and policy-practice.