Professor Roger Zetter appointed as new director of the RSC
The Refugee Studies Centre (http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk) is delighted to announce
the appointment of Roger Zetter as its new Director. He will be joining the
RSC from the Oxford Brookes University where he is currently Professor and
Deputy Head of the Department of Planning within in the School of Built
Environment and Director of the Development and Forced Migration Research
Unit.
Prof Zetter’s research has focussed on both forced migration and urbanisation
processes in the developing world. In the field of forced migration he was the
Founding Editor (1988-2001) of the Journal of Refugee Studies (published by
Oxford University Press) and has researched and published extensively on many
institutional and policy dimensions related to refugees and asylum seekers.
His research encompasses the impacts of international humanitarian assistance,
the experience of protracted exile, repatriation and post-conflict
reconstruction. His work has been based in Southern Africa, the Middle East
and more recently in Europe where he has been exploring the causes and
consequences of European deterrence and restrictionism.
Departmental Director, Professor Barbara Harriss-White commented, “We are
delighted to welcome Prof Zetter to the Department of International
Development. Under his leadership we are confident that the Refugee Studies
Centre will retain and enhance its global reputation as the leading centre for
research and teaching on issues of forced migration.”
In recognition of his contribution to the field Roger Zetter has been awarded
the title of Professor of Refugee Studies by the Oxford University
Distinctions Committee. His appointment will commence on 1st October 2006.
Prof Stephen Castles is now Senior Researcher at the International Migration
Institute (http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/), a joint initiative of the Refugee
Studies Centre and COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Development)
(http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/) developed as part of the James Martin 21st
Century School, University of Oxford.
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