Refugee Law Initiative

As a student of this Refugee Law Initiative programme fromSchool of Advanced Study, University of Londonyou’ll be at a national focal point for producing and promoting cutting edge research in these fields.

The School of Advanced Study’s Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) is a world-leading academic centre promoting interdisciplinary research on law, policy and practice in refugee and displacement contexts. Doctoral students at the RLI benefit from its distinctive refugee law and policy expertise in the UK and globally.

TheRefugee Law Initiative programme from School of Advanced Study, University of London hosts extensive global networks of research affiliates, senior research associates and practitioners, which provide a unique infrastructure for doctoral scholars to pursue innovative, practice-focused research. As part of this scholarly community, you will also have the opportunity to participate in shared training events and seminars.

You’ll be offered valuable publication and editing experience as part of the RLI’s International Refuge Law book series (Brill) and Working Papers Series. You will also benefit from the RLI’s specialist doctoral training on refugee research, and the University of London doctoral training programme in legal research methods.

Career

TheSAS Careers Serviceworks with students and graduates of all ages and at all stages of career development across all the institutes. Our mission is to provide high-quality information about careers and skills, and professional advice and guidance. We help students with their career development, either within their current field of work or in something completely new.

SAS students can access 1-2-1 guidance appointments throughout their studies and for up to 2 years after graduating, to help them plan their next steps, whatever they might be. We also offer CV, cover letter, and application advice as well as mock interviews with the SAS Careers Consultant who will empower you to feel more confident in your interview performance.

• Full-time study for the PhD degree entails three or a maximum of four years’ independent research, culminating in the writing of a thesis of not more than 100,000 words. Part-time students complete the same programme in six or a maximum of eight years.

• You’ll initially be registered for our MPhil and then, providing your progress has been satisfactory, be upgraded to our PhD programme.