AREAS OF SPECIALISATION

· Human rights, migration, refugees, statelessness, minorities.

· Nationality, citizenship, identity; post-conflict, social development.

· European integration, post-Communism and transitions to democracy.

· International justice, aid, inequality, access to justice.

EDUCATION

1998         Ph.D. International Development and Education, Stanford University. 
1997         MA, Political Science, Stanford University.
1991         MSc. (ECON.) European Studies, London School of Economics.  
1990         BA (Hons.) French and Philosophy (with German), University of Southampton.
1989         Licence ès Lettres, French Language and Literature, Université Libre de Bruxelles. 

CAREER

2010 –     Director, Graduate Research Programmes, Kingston University London.  

2009 –     Professor of Human Geography, Kingston University London.

2007 – 09 Jean Monnet Chair, Political Geography of Europe, Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University.

2005 – 07 Reader, Political Geography, Oxford Brookes University.

2003 – 05 Senior Lecturer, International and Development Studies, Roehampton University.

2004 – 05 Visiting Fellow, Refugee Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. 

2002 – 04  Project Director, World Bank - University of Tirana Twinning Project (IDA Credit No. 33270).

2002 – 03 Lecturer, Comparative Social Policy, Middlesex University.

2000 – 02 Research Fellow, Social Policy, Institute of Social Science Research, Middlesex University.

1999 – 00 Programme Officer, Balkans Initiative, US Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.

1998 – 99 Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon.

1998        Lecturer, Global Studies Program, California State University Monterey Bay, CA.

1997 – 99 Research Associate, Centre for Global, International and Regional Studies, UC Santa Cruz.

1997 – 98 Tutor, Department of Politics, UC Santa Cruz.

1996        Instructor, School of Education, Stanford University, CA.

1996 – 97 Research Assistant, Department of Political Science/Education, Stanford University.

1992 – 94 Research Assistant, Department of Political Science/Education, Stanford University.

AWARDS AND HONOURS 

2008 –  09 Selected by Robinson/Pinheiro Panel of Experts to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR and design ‘Protecting Dignity:         An Agenda for Human Rights.’
2008         Rockefeller Brothers Fund – Pocantico Conference Center Award.
2007         Nominated, Lisa Gilad Prize, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration.
2007 – 09 Jean Monnet Chair in the Political Geography of Europe.
2007 –      Research Associate, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
2007 –      Associate, Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute, London Metropolitan University.
2007        Central University Fund, Oxford Brookes University Sabbatical Scheme.
2004 – 05 Visiting Fellowship, Refugee Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
2004        Visiting Fellowship, Centre for Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford (declined).
2004 – 05 Promising Researcher Award, Higher Education Funding Council for England.
2000        University Lectureship, Comparative Social Policy, Brunel University (declined).
1999        Senior Democratisation Officer, US Agency for International Development (declined).
1998        Internship, International Labour Organisation (declined).
1996 – 97 Teaching Fellowship, Stanford University.
1993 – 97 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Award for European Studies.
1995 – 96 Visiting Researcher, European Commission, DG Education and Training.
1993 – 97 Departmental Fellowship, Stanford University.
1992 – 93 University Fellowship, Stanford University.
1992        Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara (declined)

EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

2010 United States Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration – ‘Measuring the Costs of Statelessness: A Livelihoods Analysis in Four Countries’. US$ 180,000 awarded to Kingston University, July 2010. (Principal Investigator)

2010 UNICEF, ‘Children Affected by Migration’ a study for UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, June 2010. US$19,000, June 2010.

2008 Swiss and Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs, ‘Statelessness and the Benefits of Citizenship – A Comparative Study’ CHF 23,000 Awarded to Oxford Brookes University, Oct. 2008.

2008 Leverhulme Trust, ‘Responding to Systemic Human Rights Violations: an Analysis of ‘Pilot Judgments’ of the European Court of Human Rights and their impact within National Systems’, £65,433 awarded to London Metropolitan University (Lead), July 2008.

2007 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, ‘Study on Minorities and  the Denial or Deprivation of Citizenship’ for the UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues’, US$10,000 awarded to consultant, Aug. 2007.  

2007 European Commission -- Jean Monnet Chair awarded for five years for teaching in the areas of Migration and European Integration, €45,000 awarded to Oxford Brookes University, Aug. 2007.

2007 Plan International, ‘To Develop Web Based Resources on Universal Birth Registration and Related Efforts to Reduce Statelessness’, £11,637 awarded to Oxford Brookes University, July 2007 (Principal Investigator).

2006 Rothschild Foundation Europe  and Ford Foundation, ‘Statelessness, Racism and Civic Exclusion: a Study of four European Countries’, £65,559 awarded to Oxford Brookes University, Aug. 2006 (Principal Investigator).

2006 Council of Europe - European Committee for The Prevention of Torture, Strasbourg, ‘Expert review on the Prevention of Torture in Albania, Georgia and Moldova’, €55,000 awarded to London Metropolitan University (Lead), May 2006. 

2004 Higher Education Funding Council, ‘Promising Researcher Award’, £9,000 awarded to Roehampton University, June 2004.

2004 Office of Manpower Economics, four year framework contract, £150,000 approx. awarded to Roehampton University, May 2004 (Applicant and Co-Investigator with J. Glover).

2004 World Bank and Albanian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, IDA Credit No. 35130, two year contract awarded to British Council (with Roehampton University), US$1.6 million, (US$160,000 awarded to Roehampton University), February 2004

2003 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, ‘Human Rights Audit of Serbia and Montenegro, €13,000 awarded to London Metropolitan University (Lead), Dec. 2003.

2003 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and C-SAP, ‘Bridging the Gap in International Studies: Curriculum Development and Student Participation in Refugee Studies’, £5000 awarded Oct. 2003 (Principal Investigator).

2002 World Bank and Albanian Ministry of Justice, Twinning Project with the University of Tirana, IDA Credit No. 33270; (US$300,000 awarded to Middlesex University with IALS, EFC Ltd, University of North London), Oct. 2002 (Principal Applicant).

2002 Home Office and International Organisation for Migration, ‘A Preliminary Exploration of Afghan Nationals in the UK; their professional capacity and views on return’, £14,000 awarded to Middlesex University, April 2002 (Applicant and Co-Investigator with R. Sales).

REVIEWER/REFEREE

Citizenship Studies, European Urban and Regional Studies, Geografiska Annaler B – Human Geography, International Studies, Journal of Croatian Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Migration and Social Care, Journal of Refugee Studies, Nations and Nationalism, Political Studies, Political Studies Review, SAGE Publishers (Comparative Politics).   

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2009 –     Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights, Conflict and Mass Violence, Kingston University.

2009 –     Centre for Earth and Environmental Science Research, Kingston University.

2008 – 09 Vice-Chancellor’s Taskforce on Engagement with NGOs, Oxford Brookes University.

2007 – 09 Field Chair, Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University.

2007 – 09 Research Grants Panel Member, School of Social Sciences & Law, Oxford Brookes University. 

2006 – 07 Humanities, Environment and Social Sciences Sub-Committee, Oxford Brookes University.

2005 – 09 Course Convenor, MA Globalisation, Risk and Insecurity, Oxford Brookes University 

2005 – 07 Research Coordinator, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University.

2005 – 09 Member, Research Knowledge and Transfer Committee, Oxford Brookes University.

2004 – 05 Member, VC’s Task Group on Non-Regulated Fee Income, Roehampton University.

2003 – 05 UK Programme Director, International Partnership for Service-Learning.

2003 – 09 Programme Convenor, MA International Service, Roehampton University.

2002 – 03 Deputy Director, Migration and Refugee Research Unit, Middlesex University.

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Trained in public relations (print and oral communication) in Washington, D.C.; further experience includes IT expertise (web, CMS, social media and blogs) and leading advocacy and public education campaigns.  I have been been a freelance commentator on political and social affairs and contributed a series of articles in the Pulitzer Prize winning TheOregonian, in addition to the following:

 

Letters, Comments and Opinion Pieces 1994 - present

 

The Economist

The Financial Times

The Guardian

The International Herald Tribune

The New York Times

The Oregonian

San Francisco Chronicle

The San Jose Mercury News

The Times Higher Education Supplement

The Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post

The World Today

 

Radio and Television Broadcasts

 

Al Jazeera

BBC World Service

Voice of America

Sunday, BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio Essex

SGR FM Radio Essex

KPFA Radio Berkeley

Voice of America

KPFK Radio Los Angeles

KQED Radio San Francisco

 

FIELDWORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books and monographs include:   

Statelessness and Citizenship: A Comparative Study on the Benefits of Nationality, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011. (Co-authored with Maureen Lynch; ISBN 978 1 84980 067 9); Statelessness in the European Union: Displaced, Undocumented and Unwanted, (with Caroline Sawyer) Cambridge University Press (2010); Freedom of Movement, Citizenship and Exclusion, (2012); Aliens and Slovenes: Documents and Commentary on the ‘Erasure’ in Slovenia 1991 – 2008, International Observatory on Statelessness, 2011. (Co-authored with Neza Kogovšek; ISBN 978-0-9563275-2-9/978-0-9563275-3-6).; War and Change in the Balkans: Nationalism, Conflict and Cooperation, Cambridge University Press, 2006 (ISBN-10: 0521677734; ISBN-10: 0521860423); International Cooperation and the Limits of Educational Integration in the European Union, Stanford University (Doctoral Dissertation) 1997.

Approximately 20 journal articles published in:

Citizenship Studies, Comparative Education Review, Contemporary European History, Forced Migration Review, Human Rights Review, Journal of Human Rights, International Journal on Multicultural Societies, International Studies Compendium, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of European Social Policy, Journal of South East European and Black Sea, Politics, Political Studies, Journal of Refugee Studies, South European Politics and Society.

Presentations and other publications:

Participated in high level conferences and seminars organized by UN Agencies, Open Society Institute, Harvard University, European University Institute, Georgetown University, University of Oxford, LSE, European Council and ECRE (keynote).  Approximately 30 working papers and research reports published.