Nicholas Maple

Senior Lecturer @RLI_news, @UoLondon | Working on displacement and mobility | Co-Editor in Chief @RefugeeSurvey | Research Associate @ACMSWits

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

Some summer reading - my book "Refugee Reception in Southern Africa" with @UoLPress is out today!

It's open access so you can download it for free or order a paperback version here:
https://t.co/ugAy8VspL9

@RLI_News @SASNews @UoLondon
@ACMSWits

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

This is the 2nd article of our series 'Perspectives on Displacement'.

Responses to Dr Sanyal's article are welcome! They should be between 1,000 to 2,500 words, submitted via the RSQ website please. Any queries, welcome to message.

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

New Perspectives on Displacement Article from the RSQ:

Dr. Romola Sanyal asks in an age of urban displacement, how does refuge seek to construct a specific group of people that are distinct from the poor, and how is this distinction problematic?

https://t.co/IjfasyXmxl

[Sam Heller | سام هيلر @AbuJamajem]

Shaddin Almasri, @jasminldiab and @NicholasMaple1 @RLI_News critique of "durable solutions" frame: https://t.co/JpYHvKkxds

[Marjoleine Zieck @MYAZieck]

To borrow the words of Van Heuven Goedhart, the first UNHCR, the situation captured on this photograph (NYT today) should burn holes in our conscience.

[Nik Tan @NDFTan]

It's out

https://t.co/1B5xDxcy4Q

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

The RLI is partnering with Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to offer 10 scholarships for the Oct 2025 intake to the MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies

Please see the conditions and eligible countries below.

Apply by 20 May 2025:
https://t.co/sptMt7ZS0y

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

The RLI is partnering with Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to offer 10 scholarships for the Oct 2025 intake to the MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies

Please see the conditions and eligible countries below.

Apply by 20 May 2025:
https://t.co/sptMt7ZS0y

[david n. tshimba @DavidTshimba]

The African COVID-19 book shelf, we dare hope, will particularly welcome this one! Responses to COVID-19 in Africa mostly exacerbated the vulnerability of a great many Africans, who already had historical layers of underlying conditions.

[RefugeeStudiesCentre @refugeestudies]

A new special issue of @RefugeeSurvey co-edited by RSC Research Associate @molly_fee explores 'Refugee Resettlement: A Durable Solution at a Crossroads'.

Find out more: https://t.co/DWzqQOXzAB

['Tosin Durodola @DrTosinDurodola]

When #resettlement is unattainable, how do displaced individuals whose #refugee status has been revoked sustain hope, contest exclusion, and navigate the uncertainties of protracted displacement?

In my new article, “Waithood and Creativity in the Absence of Resettlement: Evidence from ‘Residual’ Liberian Refugees in Nigeria,” published in @ERSjournal as part of the Special Issue on “Refugee Resettlement as an Institution,” I analyse how resettlement, rather than being a purely bureaucratic process, endures as a deeply embedded aspiration, a site of resistance, and a contested terrain where post-cessation populations negotiate futures that remain structurally foreclosed to them.

Full text here: https://t.co/dW1VaP1pgC

Many thanks to the guest editors @RawanArar @molly_fee @hebagowayed @blair_sackett and reviewers for their invaluable feedback and support in shaping this piece.

[Journal of Refugee Studies @JRefugeeStudies]

Are 'durable solutions' for refugees truly durable? @NicholasMaple1 & @LucyHovil argue for a recalibration—centering citizenship, challenging sedentarist assumptions, and recognizing refugees' own solutions. Read today in the JRS: https://t.co/tH0wcBfF6k

[Refugee Law Initiative @RLI_News]

DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING FOR OUR RESEARCH METHODS SHORT COURSE!

Register for our 2025 Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field short course. It's running from 3-7 March 2025.

Deadline to register: 2 February 2025.

This intensive research methods course provides high-quality training in methodology and ethics, by drawing on the extensive teaching experience and networks of the RLI. The course is aimed primarily at early PhD students working on forced migration issues in the fields of social and political sciences and law. Nevertheless, it is also pertinent to early career researchers, humanitarian and development workers, civil society, and consultants working on issues relating to displaced persons.

Read what students have said about it below and apply here: https://t.co/JNmCFBRMcR

#forcedmigration #refugeelaw #displacement #research #phdstudents #earlycareerresearchers

@SASNews @LondonU

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

New article with @LucyHovil in JRS:

"Durable solutions: to what and for whom?"

https://t.co/nkS3dNZTta

Abstract below

If interested in a copy and have access issues, please message me

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

New article with @LucyHovil in JRS:

"Durable solutions: to what and for whom?"

https://t.co/nkS3dNZTta

Abstract below

If interested in a copy and have access issues, please message me

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

Please see the RLI Annual Conference CALL FOR PAPERS below

"Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures’’, 2 - 4 June 2025

The deadline for proposals is in a few weeks: Monday 27 January 2025

Please consider applying!

[Refugee Law Initiative @RLI_News]

CALL FOR PAPERS - "Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures’’, 15th Anniversary Conference, 2 - 4 June 2025
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2025 https://t.co/bUUnEuMc8W

This year’s dedicated conference theme will have a focus on Refugee Law alongside discussions on Forced Migration Studies. The conference will revisit these fields, their debates and the connections between them.

#refugeelaw #london #refugees #refugeeprotection #inequality #fairness #conference #internationalrelations #policy #displaced #displacedpeople #forcedmigration #anniversary
@SASNews @LondonU

[Refugee Law Initiative @RLI_News]

ONE MONTH LEFT TO REGISTER!!!
Register now for our 2025 Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field short course. It's running from 3-7 March 2025 👇👇👇
Deadline to register: 2 February 2025.
https://t.co/JNmCFBRMcR

This intensive research methods course provides high-quality training in methodology and ethics, by drawing on the extensive teaching experience and networks of the RLI. The course is aimed primarily at early PhD students working on forced migration issues in the fields of social and political sciences and law. Nevertheless, it is also pertinent to early career researchers, humanitarian and development workers, civil society, and consultants working on issues relating to displaced persons.

To apply for a place, simply email your CV with a cover email to [email protected] by the registration deadline. #forcedmigration #refugeelaw #displacement #research @SASNews @LondonU

[Cathryn Costello @ProfCCostello]

Great to see this @RefMig publication getting due attention @Refugees @RLI_News @refugeestudies

[Refugee Law Initiative @RLI_News]

Interested in refugee law, refugee protection and forced migration issues? Apply now for the MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. This online, practice-focused degree was developed by leading experts at the Refugee Law Initiative and will equip you to begin or advance your career in refugee and related fields.

Apply by 1 February for the March 2025 start: https://t.co/31rMaIASKS

Hear from Programme Director Professor Sarah Singer about the programme (https://t.co/eFUWwgtUJC) and from recent graduate Raissa who worked full-time during her studies and was awarded the 2023 dissertation prize for her research on refugee integration in Leeds. (https://t.co/M9txzsDXCf)

Last year, we received an astounding 98% overall student satisfaction in the University's student experience survey.

#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #Masters #DistanceLearning
@LondonU @SASNews

[Nicholas Maple @NicholasMaple1]

Do please give this important @RLI_News event a listen and share

Chaired by @LucyHovil, the panel discuss the terrible and urgent situation in Sudan

Thank you to Radhouane Nouicer, @KholoodKhair and Sharath Srinivasan for joining us

[Refugee Law Initiative @RLI_News]

New #RLI event recording 👇 👇👇
Displacement, War and the Future of Sudan

This high-profile event brought together prominent academics, UN officials, and leading Sudanese advocates to address one of the most pressing humanitarian crises of the 21st Century. Hosted in the distinguished setting of the new Warburg auditorium, chaired by a leading journalist, and building on recent media engagement, the event brought new insights to this urgent displacement emergency. 

Listen to the recording here: https://t.co/tc0h92GFRj

#Sudan #Darfur #Crises #Conflict
#Displacement #Refugees #Podcast

[Jeff Crisp @JFCrisp]

Good to see these guidelines for librarians!
I spent a day in a London public library recently, and was impressed to see the number of refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants coming in for advice, information, internet access and a warm place to sit.
https://t.co/C1Epz8DjEt