Conflict and migration
Investigating violence, conflicts and their consequences, the forces behind displacement, (im)mobility and wider human rights and humanitarian concerns.
We investigate causes of conflict and violence at various scales and levels, ranging from intrahousehold to international, and subsequent consequences including human rights, law, displacement, trapped and immobile populations, refugee experiences, trafficking, genocide, humanitarian action, disaster diplomacy, conflict-related sexual violence, and women’s reproductive health and peace building. We look at forces behind migration and displacement that includes climate change, and track lived experiences. Our work has been used as evidence in UK parliament and international governments, in international courts of justice, informed academic discourse on human rights, violence and intersectionality, and peace building.
Projects
Humanitarian Institute
The UCL Humanitarian Institute aims to mobilise research, expertise and teaching to impact global humanitarian challenges and to promote education for global citizenship and the connected curriculum at UCL.
The Banglascapes of Venice: migration and its watery crossings
Revealing the lives of Venice’s Bangladeshi community, linking migration, identity, and climate through ethnography, storytelling, and global ecological context.
23 Dec 2025
Disaster Diplomacy
Investigating how disaster-related actions influence diplomacy: revealing when they foster cooperation, and why they often fall short of creating lasting peace.
10 Sep 2025
Displaceability and the Climate Crisis: Addressing the Connections
This research explores how climate change-related policies and governance can impact susceptibility to displacement, a concept known as 'displaceability'.
16 Nov 2024
View a full list of ongoing and completed research projects undertaken in the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction.