Established in 2020, the Working Group on Feminist Theory, Refugees and Displacement is the second working group to be created at the RLI. It provides an academic platform for promoting exchange and developing collaborative research using feminist theory in displacement research. Currently, it consists of experts from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, South America, Australia, US and Europe. 

Key outputs and activities

  • The Working Group is preparing a blog series on feminist theory in displacement research. These include but are not limited to the theories that were discussed by the Working Group in its first year. The introductory blog is here.
  • Conference panels, most recently ‘Improving Global Refugee Regime with Feminist Theory’ at the 6th RLI Annual Conference 2022 (podcast here).
  • Support to early career scholars in feminist theory and displacement.

The Working Group on Feminist Theory, Refugees and Displacement is convened by Natasha Yacoub. RLI network members who wish to become involved should email the convenor directly. 

Current members

Bo Bottomley

Bo Bottomley

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

Rosa da Costa

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

Malavika Rao

Malavika Rao

PhD Candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute Geneva

Lore Roels

Lore Roels

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

Tual Sawn Khai

Tual Sawn Khai

PhD Candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University

Denise Venturi

Denise Venturi

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

Dr. Janna Wessels

Dr. Janna Wessels

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

Amira

Amira Y. Badri

Prof. Sociology of Development, Director Social Sciences and Development Research Unit
Ahfad University for Women, Sudan