𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐒 (Closing Soon) Proposals should be maximum 6,000 words in total (inc. footnotes) 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: 15 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2026 🔗https://academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/special-issues-call-for-proposals-for-2027?login=false

𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: 15 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2026 🔗 For More Info Follow the Link: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/sp...

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 “𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈” 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓? Elies van Sliedregt examines the enduring consequences of refugee exclusion under Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention for individuals associated with core international crimes (CICs) doi.org/10.1093/rsq/... #Caughtbetweenjusticeandinjustice

#NewBlog 'Can Smugglers Be Rescuers?' A blog piece by Maria Cullen and Jacues Cavin. Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/21/c... #PeopleSmugglers #ForcedMigration #BoatRefugees #Refugees

🧾𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 Apply by submitting an abstract and cover email by 26th May 2026 to RLI@sas.ac.uk 🔗https://rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/short-courses/writing-publishing-displacement-studies-protection-safety-care @rli-sas.bsky.social @lau.edu

My @queensulaw.bsky.social colleague Colin Grey has published 'Persecuted but Undeserving' in @refugeesurveyquart.bsky.social, examining the puzzle of deservingness in refugee protection, and drawing on David Owen's @artsofdenial.bsky.social 'legitimacy' view. academic.oup.com/rsq/advance-...

Persecuted but Undeserving

Abstract. This article examines the rationale for the exclusion from international refugee status of persons who have committed serious crimes or guilty ac

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📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 An exciting opportunity to contribute to key debates in refugee and forced migration studies. 📝 Proposals (max. 6,000 words) should include a rationale, proposed contributors, titles and abstracts, and a timeline. Deadline: 𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

From RSQ Volume 44 Issue 4 Complementary Pathways: New Horizons or Muddied Waters? By Taya Ketelaar-Jones University of Tasmania, Natalie Welfens Goethe University Frankfurt and Tamara Wood @kaldorcentre.bsky.social 🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

From RSQ Volume 44, Issue 4 A Win–Win for Who? Complementary–Labour Pathways for Refugees through a Decolonial Feminist Lens By Amanda Gray Meral Queen's University Belfast - School of Law Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

📝𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 (𝑹𝑺𝑸) 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆 44, 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 4 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒖𝒕! The volume features a Special Issue: “𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲’ 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞” Edited by Susan Kneebone and Anthea Vogl Read: academic.oup.com/rsq/issue

NEW ADVANCE ARTICLE Individual Autonomy or Dispersion in Housing Policy? The Effect of Migrant Networks in Self-Selected Housing on Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden By Jen Shaneberger University of Kentucky Political Science Department and Kristoffer Jutvik @liu.se

NEW ADVANCE ARTICLE [Open Access] UNHCR–Türkiye Relations Over Time: Fluctuations, Continuities and Strategic Use of Informality By Özlem Gürakar Skribeland University of Oslo, faculty of Law 🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

NEW ADVANCE ARTICLE [Open Access] Gender and Forced Displacement in Islam: Advancing a Protection Framework for Women By Sandra Pertek, Haifaa Jawad, Amjad Saleem and Sadia Kidwai 🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

Advance Article Refugee Sponsorship’s Unrealised Objectives and Unanticipated Benefits: A New Perspective on the Meaning of “Complementary” Pathways? By Prof. Kate Ogg ANU Law School The Australian National University 🔗 Read Here: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

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Nominations for the Law Teacher of the Year 2026 are now open 🌟 We are looking for exceptional lecturers who bring something unique to the classroom. Do you know a colleague who fits the bill? Visit our website before 12th December 2025: oxford.ly/4qIJFAd

Register for the Upcoming Online Evening Dialogue on 'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies' happening on 14/11/2025 Time: 3pm- 4:30pm UK | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic...

Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies

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Forthcoming Evening Dialogue 👇👇👇 'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic... #Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies

Forthcoming Evening Dialogue 👇👇👇 'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic... #Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies

📜 New Advance Article The Place of Safety in Refugees’ Subjective Well-Being By Daisy Pollenne Center On Migration, Policy and Society University of Oxford 🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

From the RSQ Archives is back! This November, Refugee Survey Quarterly revisits key articles on RESETTLEMENT — exploring its past, present, and future in refugee protection. www.linkedin.com/company/1076... #RefugeeSurveyQuarterly #RSQArchives #Resettlement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration

UNHCR CORE Sudan situation: Sudanese return - (As of 25 October 2025) #Refugees

📢 Publication Alert NEW ADVANCE ARTICLE Complementary Pathways at the Crossroads Between Migration and Asylum: Enhancing or Diluting the International Refugee Regime? by Emiliya Bratanova van Harten Lund University 🔗Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

RSQ is still accepting short responses to Dr. Romola Sanyal's Article, "The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection". doi.org/10.1093/rsq/... Responses should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words Submissions should be made via the RSQ website academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/su...

The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection

Abstract. Space is foundational to questions of refuge and asylum, but this space is one of conditional hospitality, extended to those deemed worthy of pro

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Volume 44, Issue 3 Meltem Ineli Ciger writes on Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations. 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

📢 Call for Applications The Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) is seeking applications for an Assistant Editor position. Applications, including a cover letter and CV, should be sent to Sharmin Islam (sharmin.islam@oup.com) by Monday, 30 October. academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/ca...

📝Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) Volume 44, Issue 3 is now out! The new issue features the Perspectives on Displacement Paper on The Space that Refuge Makes: Rethinking Displacements and Protection by Romola Sanyal, among other articles 🔗 Read the issue online: academic.oup.com/rsq/issue/44/3

What do RSQ reviewers look for: 🔹 Does it engage refugee & forced migration debates? 🔹Does it go beyond description and add fresh insights? 🔹 Clear intro, argument, conclusion, sound methodology? 🔹 RSQ style guide, references, submission rules? 💡Read more: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/fi...

First-Time Authors: What Do Reviewers Look For?

Authors often ask what editors and reviewers look for in a submission to the RSQ. The following pointers may help orient (new) authors who are keen to publish i

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📢 Call for Extended Abstracts Refugee Survey Quarterly invites extended abstracts (max 600 words) for its Perspectives on Displacement series. 📌 Deadline: 29 September 2025 📧 Submissions: nicholas.maple@sas.ac.uk More details: academic.oup.com/rsq/pages/Ge...

📢 New in Refugee Survey Quarterly: “Agency in Action: Mobilisation Efforts of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia” by Samuel Zewdie Hagos 🔗 Read More: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...

📢 Call for Extended Abstracts – Refugee Survey Quarterly’s Perspectives on Displacement If you would be interested in writing a piece for the Perspectives on Displacement series, for publication in late 2026, please submit an extended abstract (maximum 600 words) 📝 Deadline: 29 September 2025.