Refugee/ immigration legal scholars
See also "Social Science of Migration" lists #1 and #2, and "Scholars of Migration and Refugee History" in my Starter Packs tab. Please let me know if you would like to be added to, or deleted from, this list
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@fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social
@jfcrisp.bsky.social
Posting on refugees, asylum, migration, displacement and borders. Former head of policy development & evaluation, UNHCR. Now with Refugee Studies Centre and United Against Inhumanity. jefferyfcrisp@gmail.com
@kaldorcentre.bsky.social
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@refugejournal.bsky.social
Revue CA Sur Le réfugies Dagmar Soennecken, EIC Adèle Garnier, Michael Gordon, Paul McDonough, and Atahan Demirkol, Co-editors Viktoriya Vinik, Managing Editor Lili Song and Erika Borrelli, Book Review Co-Editors
@cath-gauthier.bsky.social
Pr de droit public, Vice présidente CA, université de Bordeaux. Spéc. Droit européen des droits de l’homme. Asile. Migrations.
@drmatthewdavis.bsky.social
Law Lecturer in Immigration Law and Researcher in International Migration, Human Trafficking, Asylum Seekers and Refugees and Global Poverty
@ruthbrittle.bsky.social
Law Lecturer | Uni of Leicester |researching children’s rights, family law, refugee & asylum law | Teaching family, immigration, and tort | from Norn Iron | Love dogs, skiing, reading & films.
@lisa-vantoor.bsky.social
Law Lecturer at Murdoch University ~ human rights, refugee & (crim)migration law | Lawyer | PhD Candidate - UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. all views (brilliant or otherwise) = mine. she/her🌈
@christianasagay.com
Life’s a climb, but the view is great ⛰️ PhDing @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Building @ilawproject.bsky.social Member @uottawahrrec.bsky.social International Law| Migration| Migration Diplomacy | Feminist Theory| Africa | TWAIL https://christianasagay.com
@carfms.bsky.social
Community of scholars dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of refugee and forced migration research
@yinkalewis.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) Researcher @essexlawschool Solicitor @essexlawclinic Passionate about immigration asylum and refugee law and access to justice.
@avaayers.bsky.social
Law prof. State and local immigration law, trans rights, legal discourse. Proud to be trans. Personal page, views my own. https://linktr.ee/avaayers Move slowly and put things together.
@niamhkinchin.bsky.social
Associate Professor - refugee law, automated decision making, AI, administrative law - University of Wollongong NSW
@jackchin.bsky.social
Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair & Martin Luther King Jr. Prof. at UC Davis School of law. Immigration, Race and Law, Asian Americans and the Law, Criminal Law and Procedure--all the same. Papers: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=20152
@jonasbornemann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of European Law at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen @groningeneulaw.bsky.social | re:constitution fellow 2024/2025 European Constitutional and Migration Law
@proftesseltje.bsky.social
Professor of European Migration Law and Director of the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University with a focus on labour migration.
@adelreyhani.bsky.social
International Refugee Law Access to Asylum, Externalization, Role of Courts, Rightlessness Bologna/Vienna/Ljubljana
@profgsgilbert.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Essex. Focusing on forced displacement in international law, photography and Everton
@rameshg.bsky.social
Lecturer (Research Methods) at ISGA UniLeiden #DenHaag PhD in Politics & IR LawGovDCU🇮🇪. UniLeiden🇳🇱 RitsumeikanAPU🇯🇵 Alumnus. #Citizenship #statehood #LegalIdentity Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria
@stevepeers.bsky.social
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Next book: UK Trade Law after Brexit (OUP, forthcoming). Usual disclaimers.
@simonfrcox.bsky.social
migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bsky.social | trustee Right To Remain | ex-OSF | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane
@ilyasomin.bsky.social
Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
@danghez.bsky.social
Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
@nassimmadjidian.bsky.social
Lawyer based in Hamburg currently trying to finish my PhD on SAR NGOs
@imumiac.bsky.social
Trabajamos en la promoción y defensa de los derechos humanos de las mujeres en la migración, desde una perspectiva de género. www.imumi.org
@tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
Public international law; technology & democracy; migration & refugees. Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University IR Dept Member @lawprofsforum @TamarMegiddo
@katllangley.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Criminal Law @Durham Law School. Interest in legal education and refugee rights. Mum of two, sometimes a runner.
@lawprofmorales.bsky.social
Professor @UHLaw, Immigration Theorist, Boricua, Dad. Op-eds @nytimes & @wapo (he/him/él)
@elina999.bsky.social
@mlbg.bsky.social
Professor of law (EU, migrations, human rights, rule of law, states of exception) #moebius project | IUF; Institut Convergences Migrations; EU Fundamental Rights Agency; UJML https://sites.google.com/site/marielaurebasiliengainche/home MECFS daily warrior
@raawiyah.bsky.social
Lecturer at Exeter Law School. Transdisciplinarity, asylum & refugee law, vulnerability + int'l human rights. She/her.
@lauraskh.bsky.social
Australian Senior Lecturer (=AssocProf), language, law & society. #LLIRN. External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member. Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed & prac, access to justice ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
@tomjawetz.bsky.social
Now: CAP Senior Fellow and immigration law & policy consultant Then: DHS Deputy General Counsel (2021-22); CAP Immigration (2015-21); House Judiciary (2009-15); ACLU National Prison Project (2005-09) All views my own. He/Him
@nikkibusu.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law (SOAS University of London) researching the intersection of disability human rights with migration & refugee law | EU Law & IHRL Food-obsessed Southern Mediterranean immigrant (still) acclimatising to life in London.
@maxoehl.bsky.social
Media Force | Brand New Bundestag Fighting for democracy and against disinformation & extremism
@maryannekenny.bsky.social
Associate Professor Law at Murdoch University. Interests refugee law, mental health of refugees and asylum seekers, human rights.
@sraponi.bsky.social
Philosophy professor, Honors faculty. JD, PhD. Political & legal philosophy, global justice, international human rights law. Human rights-based climate litigation, refugees, free speech. Zen Buddhism. From Toronto 🇨🇦, now in MA.
@nicholasmaple.bsky.social
Lecturer at Refugee Law Initiative, University of London | Working on displacement and mobility | Co-Editor in Chief Refugee Survey Quarterly | Research Associate at African Centre for Migration and Society
@majagrundler.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law at Northumbria Law School • Refugee law/irregularised migration • Co-chair of the Human Trafficking Research Network
@jesperlindholm.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Public Intl. Law, Human Rights and Asylum, Aalborg University, Denmark. Formerly UNHCR and Amnesty International. Menneskerettighedskonferencen.dk
@sarah-scott-ford.bsky.social
Legal sociologist Univ. of Copenhagen @MobileUCPH.bsky.social | Studying how the law makes sense of human mobility
@danaschmalz.bsky.social
International law & legal theory. Migration, democracy, population numbers. Senior research fellow at MPIL Heidelberg.
@liliantsourdi.bsky.social
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair in European Migration Law & Governance in Maastricht University|PI SoftEn ERC StG|WP lead @ensured.bsky.social|Joint Editor-in-Chief IJRL|Editorial Board MJECL| #asylum #migration #human rights|
@rli-sas.bsky.social
The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK focusing specifically on international refugee law | Home of the Refugee Law Clinic | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://linktr.ee/rli_sas
@asylumist.bsky.social
Jason Dzubow; Asylum Attorney in Washington, DC; immigration law; blogger (Asylumist.com)
@blainebookey.bsky.social
@reginajefferies.bsky.social
she/they Evacuations Research Hub @UNSW @KaldorCentre www.reginajefferies.com Bureaucrats, borders & transnational law. Coach @UNSWFC women’s football
@dremiliemcdonnell.bsky.social
Specialist Adviser in Immigration & OPCAT at the Australian Human Rights Commission. All views are my own.
@jmchacon.bsky.social
@bordercrim.bsky.social
Border Criminologies draws together researchers working in #criminology on #bordercontrol. Retweets/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements. https://linktr.ee/bordercrim
@myrmek.bsky.social
Humanitarianism & refugees, past & present. All things Lebanon. Prof. International Migration Law, University of Oslo & Associate Fellow, American University of Beirut. Check out our graphic novel: cardboardcamp.net.
@enstatelessness.bsky.social
Committed to ending #statelessness & ensuring that people living in Europe without a nationality are protected. Visit www.statelessness.eu to find out more about our work.
@asylumaid.bsky.social
We provide legal advice and representation on behalf of asylum seekers and refugees. http://asylumaid.org.uk Now part of @helenbamber.bsky.social
@asylos.bsky.social
research for asylum ⁞ we investigate human rights abuses to help asylum lawyers and NGOs defend refugees #proofnotprejudice Help us defend asylum - http://bit.ly/2H1iD2Y
@immigrantjustice.bsky.social
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a legal aid organization that advocates for human rights and humane immigration laws.
@alotrolado-org.bsky.social
Bi-national organization providing no-cost legal aid + humanitarian support for deportees, refugees + separated families. L.A., San Diego, Tijuana.
@aila.org
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a national association of 16,000+ attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. Visit us at aila.org
@tgammeltoft.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Director - Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law - @MobileUCPH.bsky.social - mobilitylaw.ku.dk migration/refugee/mobilities law, (X)AI & Law, legal theory, IL/IR
@realesttheorist.bsky.social
Asst. Prof at Oregon Law, wondering how my scholarship is legal yet I'm not. Crimmigration & Jurisprudence. 🐱 Dad to Ricky & Bruce. CFC. Views mine; yours soon.
@catbriddick.bsky.social
Andrew W Mellon Associate Professor of International Human Rights and Refugee Law @refugeestudies.bsky.social, University of Oxford. Trustee @4refugeewomen.bsky.social. Feminist.
@immcouncil.org
We advance change via litigation, research, advocacy, and communications.
@billfrelick.bsky.social
Director, Refugee and Migrant Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
@michaelgkagan.bsky.social
UNLV Immigration Clinic Director | Bagel expert | Author: The Battle to Stay in America | Private chef to my kids | Vegas law prof | Mets fan | Frequent typo writer | Speaking for myself only. Obv. | https://behindtheborder.substack.com
@akalhan.bsky.social
Law professor, Drexel Univ • Fellow, UC Nat'l Ctr for Free Speech & Civic Engagement • Affiliated fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Cmte A on Academic Freedom ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
@yaelschacher.bsky.social
Immigration historian and Director for Americas and Europe at Refugees International. Views my own.
@ndftan.bsky.social
International refugee law and policy. Senior lecturer, Melbourne Law School. Affiliate Refugee Law Initiative and Kaldor Centre. Visiting professor Copenhagen University.
@madelinegleeson.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Refugee Law
@profjmcadam.bsky.social
Scientia Professor of Law; Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow; Director, Evacuations Research Hub, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
@jameshathaway.bsky.social
Emeritus law prof, University of Michigan. All things international human rights-related, focus on refugee and queer rights.
@fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social
Sociology professor at University of California San Diego and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); and Culling the Masses (2014). I research policies and experiences around migration and asylum. https://tinyurl.com/4snsdvzf