Bio
Maja Grundler is a Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on the intersection of refugee law and irregular migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Her wider research interests include the scope and boundaries of the refugee definition, nationality discrimination in the context of migration, migrant agency, and vulnerability. Maja holds a PhD in Law from Queen Mary, University of London and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. She has co-founded and co-chairs the Human Trafficking Research Network.
Recent publications
- E Guild, K Allinson, N Busuttil and M Grundler, 'A Practitioners' Handbook on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and EU and Member States' Commitments under the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration' (PROTECT 2022)
- M Grundler, '"Treatment Accorded to Aliens Generally": Article 7(1) of the 1951 Refugee Convention as a Basis for Visa-Free Access to States Parties’ Territory? An Examination of the Prohibition of Nationality Discrimination in the Refugee Convention' (2021) 33(3) International Journal of Refugee Law 469
Outputs/impacts of work with the RLI
- Contribution to the RLI Declaration on Externalisation
- Contribution to the accompanying background paper