Giving to the Refugee Studies Centre

The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, aims to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

The RSC was first established at Queen Elizabeth House in 1982 by Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond who pioneered the study of refugees and forced migration. Thirty years on, the RSC remains a global leader in the development of understanding of forced migration and the need for independent, objective and critical scholarship has never been greater.

30th Anniversary Barbara Harrell-Bond Fund

In this 30th anniversary year, the RSC is proud to launch the 30th Anniversary Barbara Harrell-Bond Fund to support the development of the next generation of research, teaching and practice in refugee studies. The Fund will support four objectives to which donors can allocate their contributions helping us to sustain support for the most talented students and practitioners, especially those from the Global South, as well as ensuring the continuation and betterment of our efforts to advance refugee issues and develop a global community of academics, policymakers and practitioners working in the field of forced migration.

Donations from the US

If you are resident in the United States of America, you can give to the Refugee Studies Centre via Americans for Oxford, Inc. Americans for Oxford is the University's primary charitable organisation in North America, and has been determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be a tax-exempt public charity with 501(c)(3) status. If you are a US resident and would like to make a contribution to the Fund via Americans for Oxford, please ensure that you mark the option ‘It is my preference that… be allocated to [other] the Refugee Studies Centre Barbara Harrell-Bond Fund’. US residents can also find more information about giving to Oxford and the University's activities in the United States at the North American Office website.

Help us honour the legacy of the RSC’s early years by endowing the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture in perpetuity. Your support will enable us to continue to fulfil a key role of the lecture in fostering knowledge exchange between leading humanitarian policymakers and new generations of researchers, students and practitioners.
Help us educate a new generation of students by endowing a full scholarship for a candidate from the Global South to study at the RSC. We are working with the Oxford University Graduate Scholarship Matched Fund who will guarantee 40 per cent of the costs should we be successful in raising the remaining 60 per cent for a scholarship of approximately £31,000 each year.
Help us support the next generation of outstanding global practitioners through bursaries to attend the RSC’s International Summer School in Forced Migration. Your support will help provide government officials, intergovernmental and non-governmental agency personnel from the Global South the opportunity to experience the unique combination of Oxford’s academic excellence and the Centre’s practical approach to dealing effectively with the challenges posed by forced migration.
Help us to continue providing dedicated outlets for a variety of academic and non-academic materials which promote the work of researchers and practitioners as well as giving a voice to refugees. Your support will help us to maintain and develop our policy activities, which include publication of the RSC’s influential Policy Briefing Series, as well as to expand the reach of our research-orientated Working Paper Series and digital resources including Forced Migration Online (www.forcedmigration.org). The funds will also contribute to our in-house practitioner publication, Forced Migration Review, which continues to provide a valuable forum for international debate and exchange of experience.

Funds will be directed towards the Refugee Studies Centre's area of greatest need.

How to make a gift

You can make a regular gift by credit card or by direct debit. A single gift can also be made by credit card. Please choose your payment method below, and you will be taken to our approved payment provider for secure processing of your gift.

Contact

Anneli Chambliss

Refugee Studies Centre Administrator

Tel
+44 (0)1865 281720