*Teach Out* The International Organization for Migration (IOM): Challenges, Commitments, Complexities

Event date
4 December 2019
Event time
11:00 - 12:00
Oxford week
Venue
Lincoln College - Garden Building - Lower Lecture Room
Speaker(s)
Professor Megan Bradley

*Due to, and in solidarity with, the on-going strike across the U.K. and at the University of Oxford, this event will proceed as a teach-out at Lincoln College, Garden Building, Lower Lecture Room.*

The Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group would like to invite interested students, practitioners, and academics to a morning discussion on Wednesday, December 4th from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), 3 Mansfield Road, at which Professor Megan Bradley will present her study on the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Speaker

Megan Bradley is an Associate Professor in Political Science and International Development Studies at McGill University. Her research focuses on refugees and internal displacement, humanitarianism, human rights, and efforts to redress massive injustices. Her books include Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress (Cambridge University Press, 2013), and Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015).

Alongside her research and teaching, Professor Bradley has worked with a range of organizations concerned with development, human rights and humanitarianism. From 2012-2014, she was a Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. She has also worked with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and served as the Cadieux-Léger Fellow at Global Affairs Canada.
 
Later in the day, Professor Bradley will be presenting at the Refugee Law Initiative-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Seminar Series. Her talk, 'Is Return the Preferred Solution for Refugees?', will take place at the School of Advanced Study, Gordon Room, G34, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Registration is free and available online at: rli.sas.ac.uk/events.
 
The Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group 

The Refugee and Migration Discussion Group also welcomes offers to present papers or other work-in-progress to the group or to lead discussion. Please do contact one of the convenors if you are interested in talking to the group or if you have an idea for an informal discussion.

The group’s co-convenors are Emilie McDonnellMaayan RavidPoonam Sandhu, and Stacy Topouzova. Our Senior Member is Professor Cathryn Costello. 

If you would like to join the group’s mailing list, please send a blank email to: refugee_migration-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk

 

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