This site provides information on Christopher McDowell’s consultancy and advisory activities. With the agreement of City, University of London, Christopher undertakes research and analysis for international organisations, governments and NGOs on forced migration, population displacement and resettlement, and humanitarian responses. He has specialist experience in involuntary resettlement, refugee resettlement and integration, and social and livelihood impacts.
Christopher McDowell has a PhD from Zurich University, Department of Ethnology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and has published widely on involuntary resettlement, refugees and migration conducting fiel
dwork in East and Southern Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Europe. Christopher has advised development banks, governments, UN agencies and NGOs on forced displacement, resettlement and related livelihood issues. He has recently worked with UNHCR evaluating the UK Government’s Syrian refugee resettlement programme and is engaged in research on diaspora politics, refugee movements and security, and media reporting of asylum. Dr McDowell is a Reader in Political Anthropology at City, University of London, and Associate Dean for Global Engagement in the School of Arts and Social Sciences.
Further information on past work and research is available on this site, and publications and citations can be viewed on Google Scholar.
Latest Publications
McDowell, C.; Aronica, V.; Collantes-Celador, G.; de Silva, N. (2018), Understanding Transnational Diaspora Politics: A Conceptual Discussion, Thematic Report One, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats – CREST, 32pp.
McDowell, C.; Aronica, V.; Collantes-Celador, G.; de Silva, N. (2018), The Engagement of Refugees in Transnational Politics: Lessons from the Migration, Diaspora and Refugee Studies Literature, Thematic Report Two, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats – CREST, 30pp.
McDowell, C.; Aronica, V.; Collantes-Celador, G.; de Silva, N. (2018), Asylum, Security and Extremism, Thematic Report Three, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats, 42pp.
Displacement and Transition Risks, CREST Security Review, August 2017
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