1. The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) has appointed Roger Zetter to replace Stephen Castles as director. Roger Zetter is currently the head of the Development and Forced Migration (DFM) Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University. Read the blurb on RSC's home page for more info. about his research interests. Some of his publications are available in full-text at the DFM site, such as "Shelter Provision and Settlement Policies for Refugees : A State of the Art Review" (1995). Forced Migration Online's digital library also houses some of his papers, including "A practice handbook for researchers and research assistants conducting fieldwork and data collection with refugees" (1991) [go to Advanced Search and enter Zetter in the author field]. Dr. Zetter was the founding editor of the Journal of Refugee Studies (1988-2001). Visit FMO's Journals repository for full-text back issues of the JRS; the first issue of the first volume sets out Dr. Zetter's objectives for the new journal in the article entitled "Refugees and Refugee Studies - a Label and an Agenda."
2. A new RSC Working Paper has been issued: Resolving the Liberal Paradox: Citizen Rights and Alien Rights in the UK, by George Gigauri (July 2006) [text]
3. The RSC's Forced Migration Review recently published a supplement entitled "Education and conflict: research, policy and practice," which includes summaries of presentations given at a conference by the same name. Readers can access the whole issue or single articles here.
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