Dr. Benson's background resettlement and case management informs her research on forced displacement, humanitarian aid, and global comparative refugee policies. Dr. Benson holds a PhD and MPhil in International Relations from the School of International Service at American University, and a BA with honors in Public Policy and Ethics from Duke University. Her doctoral research was awarded the Cosmos Scholars Prize and offers a new global dataset and typology of resettlement services across 26 countries, with implications for international collaboration and policy improvement.
Dr. Benson is currently a visiting scholar at the Research on International Policy and Implementation Lab (RIPIL) at American University and a consulting researcher at the Division of International Protection and Solutions at UNHCR, where she is researching resettlement services and integration outcomes data across 34 countries.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4185 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8986-0041 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-benson100/ | |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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American University
University, Washington, DC, United States
Visiting Scholar
Research
Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology
| Authors | Grace E. K. Benson, Grace E K Benson |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | REFUGEE SURVEY QUARTERLY |
Comparing Refugee Resettlement Services: A New Global Dataset and Typology
| Authors | Grace E. K. Benson |
| Year | 2024 |
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