The RLI Research Affiliates network provides a forum for doctoral students and researchers working on refugee law topics to engage with other researchers in academic exchanges relating to research and developments in the field. The Research Affiliate scheme is open to any researcher registered on a programme of doctorate on a relevant topic at the time of application.
Find out how to join the network here.
Hanin Abou Salem
PhD candidate at Cardiff University
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Taiwo Afolabi
PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria
Kathryn Allison
PhD candidate at Queen Mary University
Thekli Anastasiou
PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield
Tinahy Andriamasomanana
PhD candidate at QMUL
Tasawar Ashraf
PhD candidate at Glasgow Caledonian University
Khalida Azhigulova
PhD candidate at the University of Leicester
Zubaida Umar Baba
PhD candidate at the University of Leeds
Mutsuhisa Ban
PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo
Dr Jinan Bastaki
Assistant Professor of International Law at the United Arab Emirates University
Sabiha Beg
PhD candidate at Heidelbergm University
Paolo Biondi
PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Clayton Boeyink
PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh
Emma Borland
PhD candidate at Cardiff University
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Dr Giulia Brancoli
PhD candidate at the University of Rome
Catherine Briddick
Barrister and Co-Chair of the Migrants Resource Centre
Hasan Bulbul
PhD candidate at King’s College London
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Sophie Capicchiano Young
PhD Candidate at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Dr S. Chelvan
Barrister and PhD candidate at King’s College London
Dr Yusuf Ciftci
PhD candidate at University of Southampton
Mathilde Crepin
PhD candidate at King’s College London
Emily Darling
PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology
Didem Doğar
PhD candidate at McGill University
Dr Christiano D'Orsi
Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg
Lukasz Dziedzic
PhD candidate at Tilburg University
Pauline Endres de Oliveira
PhD candidate at the University in Gießen
Marco Formisano
UNHCR Americas Bureau
Margarita Fourer
PhD Candidate at Danube University Krems and Maastricht University
Luisa Feline Freier
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Universidad del Pacífico (Peru)
Jasmin Fritzsche-El Shewy
PhD candidate at Ruhr-University Bochum
Patricia García Amado
PhD candidate at the University of Deusto
Madeline Garlick
PhD candidate at the University of Nijmegen
Dr Chloë Gilgan
Lecturer at University of Lincoln
Mariana Gkliati
PhD candidate and lecturer at Leiden University
Brenda Goddard Atli
PhD candidate at the University of Geneva
Carly Gordyn
PhD candidate at Australian National University
Maja Grundler
PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London
Beatrice Gornati
PhD candidate at University of Milan
Abdullah Hamidioğlu
PhD candidate at Paris-Saclay University
Dr Naoko Hashimoto
Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi University
Ghofran Hilal
PhD candidate at the University of Lyon
Dr Claire Higgins
Research Associate at the Kaldor Centre (UNSW)
Asher Hirsch
Senior Policy Officer with the Refugee Council of Australia & a PhD candidate at Monash University in Law Faculty
Dr Yewa Holiday
Lecturer at the University of Chester
Claire Inder
PhD Candidate at the University of Geneva and Legal Officer with UNHCR
Dr Meltem İneli Ciğer
Assistant Professor at the Suleyman Demirel University
Mohsen Jafari
PhD candidate at the University of Sapienza
Yasemin Karadag
PhD candidate in School of Law at the University of Warwick
Dr Eleni Karageorgiou
Lawyer, and a PhD candidate at Lund University
Elizabeth G. Kennedy
PhD candidate at UC-Santa Barbara and San Diego State University
Tawseef Khan
PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool
Matt Oliver Kinsella
PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study and International Refugee Rights Initiative Uganda
Dr Vickie Knox
Lecturer at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Erhan Kucuk
PhD candidate at SOAS
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Camille Malafosse
PhD candidate at the Kaldor Centre, UNSW
Dr Izabella Majcher
Senior Legal Officer at ECRE
Nicholas James Maple
PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study
Dr. Elizabeth Mavropoulou
Visiting Lecturer University of Westminster and Programme Manager, Human Rights at Sea
Emilie McDonnell
PhD candidate at the University of Oxford
Frank McNamara
PhD candidate at the European University Institute
Rowena Moffatt
PhD candidate at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University
Margaret Monyani
PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Dr Sílvia Morgades Gil
Senior Lecturer at Pompeu Fabra University
Stephanie Motz
PhD candidate at the University of Lucerne
Shepherd Mutsvara
PhD candidate at Pedagogical University Krakow
Lorenz Neuberger
PhD candidate at the University of Konstan
Shaher Moseley
PhD candidate at the University of Exeter
Constalain Chrisna Moussaoud
PhD candidate at Xiamen University, China
Florence Ncube
PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape
Likim Ng
PhD candidate at Australian National University
Ayuk Nyakpo Orock
PhD candidate at University of Buea, Cameroon
Dr Derya Ozkul
Postdoctoral research officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Emanuela Parisciani
PhD candidate at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Stephen Phillips
PhD candidate at Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Annick Pijnenburg
PhD candidate at Tilburg Law School
Dr Jason Pobjoy
Barrister at Blackstone Chambers
Alex Powell
PhD candidate at City, University of London
Jay Ramasubramanyam
PhD candidate at Carleton University
Adel-Naim Reyhani
Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna
Dr Christel Querton
Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England
Alexander Ray
PhD candidate in International Development at SOAS, University of London
Lena Riemer
PhD candidate at Yale University
Dr Cory Rodgers
Postdoctoral researcher at Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Felipe Sánchez Nájera
Works in the Human Rights Program at Universidad Iberoamericana (México City)
Dr Jessica Schultz
Researcher at Chr Michelsen Institute in Bergen
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Dr Matthew Scott
Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Dr Rama Sahtout
PhD candidate in international law at Exeter University
Dr Dana Schmalz
Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Matthew Seet
Lecturer at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law
Dr Marina Sharpe
McGill University
Ria Sunga
PhD candidate at the University of Manchester
Isabelle Swerissen
PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam
Nikolas Feith Tan
PhD candidate at the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Aarhus University
Ceren Mutus Toprakseven
PhD candidate at Queen Mary University
Hugh Tuckfield
PhD candidate at the University of Sydney
Denise Venturi
PhD candidate at Scuola Sant'Anna (Italy) and KU Leuven (Belgium)
Christina Velentza
Policy advisor, attorney at law and legal adviser with the Athens Bar Association
Giulia Vicini
PhD candidate at Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne and University of Milan
Janna Wessels
PhD candidate at University of Technology, Sydney and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Natasha Yacoub
PhD candidate at University of New South Wales
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Dr May Hammoud
Legal Officer for the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee
Tonny Kirabira
Doctoral Candidate at the University of Portsmouth
Ashley B. Armstrong
NYU School of Law
Dean Thompson
PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study
Sarah Scott Ford
PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen
Lynn Hillary
Doctoral researcher at the Open University of the Netherlands
Abraham Eiluorior
PhD Scholar at Durham University
Claire Raissian
PhD Researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
Tual Sawn Khai
PhD Candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University
Kris van der Pas
PhD candidate at Radboud University
Gemechu A. Abeshu
Postdoctural research fellow at York University
Stacy Topouzova
PhD candidate who broadly works in the field of refugee law
Laura Scheinert
PhD Candidate in Human Geography at the University of Exeter
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Dilek Türközü
PhD student at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Sreetapa Chakrabarty
PhD scholar at Rabindra Bharati University
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Dr. Claire Walkey
Researcher at University of Huddersfield
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Dr. Madalina Moraru
Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Judicial Cooperation of the EUI
Malavika Rao
PhD Candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute Geneva
Sophia Soares
PhD Researcher at the University of Bristol’s School of Law
Matilde Rocca
PhD candidate at the University of Padova
Ayse Yildiz Demir
PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow