RLI Research Affiliates

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.

Dr. Michal Agmon-Gonnen

Presiding Judge in the Israeli Federal District Court, affiliate Professor at Tel Aviv University and Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE Law School

Ellen Allde

PhD Candidate in Law at Queen Mary, University of London

Samuel Ballin

Early career researcher working in climate change and migration law

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Dr. Jinan Bastaki

Assistant Professor of International Law at the
United Arab Emirates University

Biondi

Paolo Biondi

PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study,
University of London

Bo Bottomley

Bo Bottomley

PhD candidate in the Law School at the University of East Anglia

Soumia Bouhdoud

Soumia Bouhdoud

PHD candidate in Sociology of Migration, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco

Chelvan

S. Chelvan

Barrister and PhD candidate at King’s College London

Sarah Craig

Sarah Craig

Tutor: Asylum law in Europe: towards regional harmonisation of international protection

Rosa da Costa

Researcher, Minerva Centre for Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Haifa University

Thea de Gruchy

Researcher at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), Wits University

Sarah Edgcumbe

Sarah Edgcumbe

PhD candidate at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews

Jan-Phillip Graf

Research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Ruhr University Bochum

Ayse Gunes

Ayse Gunes

Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Lynn Hillary

Lynn Hillary

Doctoral researcher at the Open University of the Netherlands

Asher Hirsch

Asher Hirsch

Senior Policy Officer with the Refugee Council of Australia
& a PhD candidate at Monash University in Law Faculty

Inder

Claire Inder

PhD Candidate at the University of Geneva and Legal Officer with UNHCR

Aleksandra Jolkina

Researcher in European and comparative migration and asylum law, re:constitution fellow

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Matt Oliver Kinsella

PhD candidate at the School of Advanced Study and
International Refugee Rights Initiative Uganda

Julian Lehmann

Julian Lehmann

Project manager at the GPPi and PhD candidate at Dresden University of Technology

Maple

Dr. Nicholas Maple

Lecturer in Refugee Studies; Module Convenor of An Introduction to Forced Migration Studies on the RLI MA Programme

Likim Ng

Likim Ng

PhD candidate at Australian National University

Derya

Dr. Derya Ozkul

Postdoctoral research officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Poon

Jenny Poon

PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario

Malavika Rao

Malavika Rao

PhD Candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute Geneva

Adel-Naim Reyhani

Adel-Naim Reyhani

Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna

Lore Roels

Lore Roels

PhD Fellow, Migration Law Research Group and
Gender & Violence Team, Ghent University

Cory Rodgers

Dr. Cory Rodgers

Postdoctoral researcher at Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Tual Sawn Khai

Tual Sawn Khai

PhD Candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University

Chiara Scissa

Chiara Scissa

PhD candidate in Law at the Institute of Law, Politics and Development, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa

Dana Schmalz

Dr. Dana Schmalz

Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg

Irem Sengul

Assistant Professor of International Law at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (Turkey)

Sophia Soares

Sophia Soares

PhD Researcher at the University of Bristol’s School of Law

Ria Sunga

Ria Sunga

PhD candidate at the University of Manchester

Katja Swider RPM260

Katja Swider

Tutor: Statelessness, Nationality and the Protection of Stateless Persons

Denise Venturi

Denise Venturi

PhD candidate at Scuola Sant'Anna (Italy) and KU Leuven (Belgium)

Christina Velentza

Christina Velentza

Policy advisor, attorney at law and legal adviser with the Athens Bar Association

Vicini

Giulia Vicini

PhD candidate at Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne and University of Milan

Daniela Vitiello

Tenure track assistant professor of EU law at Tuscia University (Viterbo, Italy)

Dr. Janna Wessels

Dr. Janna Wessels

Assistant Professor of Migration Law at the Amsterdam Center for Migration and Refugee Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Ailsa Winton RPM400

Ailsa Winton

Tutor: Dissertation - Refugee protection and forced migration studies

Hannah Zaruchas

PhD candidate and research fellow at the doctoral training group 'Dynamic Integration' at Humboldt University Berlin