Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights
Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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The RSG was launched in 2002 as a research network affiliated to the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, and the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne. The network is co-convened by Associate Professor Fethi Mansouri, Deputy Director for the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, and Dr Michael Leach, Research Fellow at the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. The RSG is a cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary research forum focussed on research into refugees’ rights, settlement needs, asylum policy, and the role of NGOs, and is also a research network open to researchers, community workers and activists.
The Refugee Studies Group (RSG) aims to facilitate interactions among researchers and refugee advocates to effect positive change in public debates and policies relating to refugees and asylum seekers. The RSG’s objective is to provide a forum for disseminating refugee-related research news and policy developments among its wide network. As much as possible, the RSG will make available online reports, publications and other relevant resources that might be of assistance to researchers working with refugees.
Through regular emails to our members, the RSG hopes to keep individual researchers and community organisations informed on the latest news and analyses. It is hoped that this forum will facilitate a robust exchange of ideas and encourage collaboration among researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds. The RSG has already organised a national symposium on Refugee Rights held at Deakin University in December 2002, and recently held a Refugee Panel Discussion at Melbourne’s Arts Centre on 1 October 2004. The RSG will organise regular public seminars and symposiums aimed at advancing our understanding of refugee policies and their impacts on individual asylum seekers and the wider community.
To subscribe to the Refugee Studies Group mailing list, please email rstg@deakin.edu.au with your request.
Contact : Email: rstg@deakin.edu.au