Research Projects

Greater London Council and Metropolitan Police Service, (£45,000.00), Principal Investigator, Confidence in Policing Among New Migrants in London

Refugee Rights and Responsibilities: Research Project, Funder: Sigrid Rausing Trust, (£55,000.00)

Initiatives to improve relations between asylum seekers and host communities, Funder: Calouste Gulbenkian  (£23,000.00),Report: Understanding the Stranger: Building Bridges Community Handbook, Gulbenkian Foundation, June 2006

Monitoring London press reporting of asylum issues, Funder: Greater London Authority (£6,965.00)

Monitoring national and regional press coverage of asylum, Funder: UK Home Office (£47,660.00)

Examining relations between young asylum seekers and local youth in British cities, (with Beth Crosland, Living Lens and Frontline AV) Funders: Camelot Foundation (£70,741.00) January 2005; Comic Relief  £34,471.00) January 2005;  Paul Hamlyn Foundation (£28,971.00) January 2005.

The Pacific, Mediterranean and Caribbean Solutions, Co-Applicant with Professor Susan Kneebone, Faculty of Law, Monash University ($36,000)

 

Sri Lanka and the Tamil Diaspora

(2013) ‘Sri Lankan Tamil Settlement and Politics in Switzerland’, in Encyclopaedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora, Didier Editions (with Ganesh, K.)

(2011) ‘Tamils in Switzerland: An Emerging Post-Asylum Community?’ in Hommes et Migrations, May-July, No.1292

(2005) ‘An Asylum Diaspora: Tamils in Switzerland’, in Ember, Carol R.; Ember, Melvin; Skoggard, Ian eds.  Encyclopedia of Diasporas Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World, Part Two: Topics – Types of Diasporas, Yale: Kluwer

(1999) ‘The Point of No Return – The Politics of the Swiss-Sri Lanka Return Programme’ in Black, R. and Khoser, K. eds  The End of the Refugee Cycle Oxford: Oxford University/Berghahn Books Series on Forced Migration, pp.110-126

(1996) A Tamil Asylum Diaspora: Sri Lankan Migration, Politics and Change in Switzerland Oxford: /Berghahn Books, Series on Forced Migration, pp.308

Refugee Research and Ethics

(2015) ‘Rethinking Informed Consent in Refugee Women’s Health Services in Light of Relational Autonomy’ presented at North American Refugee Health Conference,  June 4-6, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(2013) ‘Researching Displacement(s)’ in Block, K., Riggs, E. and Haslam, N. (eds) Researching Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Ethical Considerations, Australian Academic Press, Melbourne

(2007) ‘Beyond “Do No Harm”: The Challenge of Constructing Ethical Relationships in Refugee Research’, Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol.20, Issue 2, pp.299-319 (with MacKenzie, C. and Pittaway, E.)

Asylum Policy

(2006) Reporting Asylum: Results of a media monitoring study, analysing the portrayal of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK national, regional and faith/minority press, during January – March 2005, Prepared for National Refugee Integration Forum, Community and Media Sub-Group and Immigration and Nationality Directorate, UK Home Office, January (with Smart, K., Grimshaw, R., and Crosland, B.)

(2006) Reflecting Asylum in London’s Communities – Monitoring London’s Press Coverage of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, ICAR and the GLA (with Smart, K., Grimshaw, R., and Crosland, B.)