The Refugee Studies Centre’s International Online School offers an intensive, interdisciplinary and participative approach to the study of forced migration. It enables practitioners and others to reflect critically on the forces and institutions that dominate the worlds of displaced people. The International Online School combines Oxford’s tradition of research excellence with stimulating, discussion-based teaching, learning, and reflection.

Core to the School are substantive modules on:

• Conceptualising Forced Migration
• The Moral Foundations of Refugeehood
• International Law and Refugee Protection
• The Politics of Humanitarianism

These are supplemented by optional modules on a range of topics. This year we will be offering options on:

• The Psycho-social Support of Refugees
• Refugee History, Human Rights and Occupied Palestinian Territory
• The Rise of Citizenship Stripping Across the West
• Colonial Past, Refugee Present

All our modules are written and taught by experts in the field of forced migration studies. Option Modules may change.

Participants

The International Online School is principally designed for policymakers and practitioners working on refugee protection and related issues, normally with several (usually at least five) years of work experience. Participants typically include staff of the main refugee, migration and humanitarian international organisations; staff from refugee, human rights and humanitarian NGOs; and government officials working on refugee protection and related issues. Those from refugee backgrounds who work for refugee advocacy and community groups are particularly welcome.

Participants may also include academics and postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers working directly on refugee and forced migration issues; practicing lawyers and advocates working in refugee and human rights law pertaining to forced migrants; journalists, commentators and activists working on refugee protection and the human rights of forced migrants.