James Milner is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University. He is also currently Project Director of LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network, a 7-year, SSHRC-funded partnership between researchers and civil society actors primarily in Canada, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon and Tanzania. He has been a researcher, practitioner and policy advisor on issues relating to the global refugee regime, global refugee policy and the politics of asylum in the global South. In recent years, he has undertaken field research in Burundi, Guinea, Kenya, India, Tanzania and Thailand, and has presented research findings to stakeholders in New York, Geneva, London, Ottawa, Bangkok, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and elsewhere. He has worked as a Consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India, Cameroon, Guinea and its Geneva Headquarters. He is author of Refugees, the State and the Politics of Asylum in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), co-author (with Alexander Betts and Gil Loescher) of UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection (Routledge, 2012), and co-editor of Refugees’ Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries(Georgetown University Press, 2019) and Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications (UN University Press, 2008).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2989 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-4615 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Disciplines
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Carleton University
University, Ottawa, Canada
Associate Professor
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Refugees and the peacebuilding process
| Authors | James Milner, UNHCR. Policy Development and Evaluation Service |
| Year | 2011 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Revisiting the Power and Pathologies of International Organizations
| Authors | james milner |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | European Political Science |
Introduction Power and Influence in the Global Refugee Regime
| Authors | James Milner |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Two steps forward, one step back understanding the shifting politics of refugee policy in Tanzania
| Authors | James Milner, UNHCR. Policy Development and Evaluation Service |
| Year | 2013 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid. By Sarah Kenyon Lischer. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. xii + 204pp. $35. ISBN 0 8014 4285 0.
| Authors | James Milner |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Power in the Global Refugee Regime: Understanding Expressions and Experiences of Power in Global and Local Contexts
| Authors | James Milner, Krystyna Wojnarowicz |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Beyond the Partnership Debate: Localizing Knowledge Production in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
| Authors | Richa Shivakoti, James Milner |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection, 2nd Edition
| Authors | Alexander Betts, Gil Loescher, James Milner |
| Year | 2011 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Meaningful Refugee Participation: An Emerging Norm in the Global Refugee Regime
| Authors | James Milner, Mustafa Alio, Rez Gardi |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Refugee Survey Quarterly |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 |
Protracted refugee situations political, human rights and security implications
| Authors | Gilburt Damian Loescher, James Milner, Edward Newman, ... |
| Year | 2008 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
By Refugees, for Refugees: Refugee Leadership during COVID-19, and beyond
| Authors | Mustafa Alio, Shaza Alrihawi, James Milner, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Refugee Law |
The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health
| Authors | Nick Watts, Markus Amann, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate
| Authors | Nick Watts, Markus Amann, Nigel Arnell, ... |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come
| Authors | Nick Watts, Markus Amann, Nigel Arnell, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises
| Authors | Nick Watts, Markus Amann, Nigel Arnell, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
| Authors | Marina Romanello, Alice McGushin, Claudia Di Napoli, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels
| Authors | Marina Romanello, Claudia Di Napoli, Paul Drummond, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms
| Authors | Marina Romanello, Claudia di Napoli, Carole Green, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |