Dr Lewis Turner is Lecturer in International Politics of Gender at Newcastle University, UK. He is a political ethnographer of humanitarianism in the Middle East’– particularly Jordan - and his work investigates questions of gender (especially men and masculinities), refugee recognition, vulnerability, labour market integration, and race and racism in humanitarianism. His research on the Syria refugee response has appeared in journals including International Feminist Journal of Politics, Middle East...
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1163 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-6019 |
| https://twitter.com/@lewiseturner | |
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
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Qualitative research
Geographies
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UN Countries
Roles
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Newcastle University
University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Lecturer in International Politics of Gender -
Newcastle University
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in International Politics of Gender -
Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut
Other, Freiburg, Germany
Senior Researcher
Research
Defining, operationalising and translating ‘vulnerability’ in humanitarian work in Jordan
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Jordan Compact, Refugee Labour and the Limits of Indicator‐oriented Formalization
| Authors | Katharina Lenner, Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Development and Change |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Who Is a Refugee in Jordan? Hierarchies and Exclusions in the Refugee Recognition Regime
| Authors | Lewis Turner, Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Learning to say ‘no’: privilege, entitlement and refusal in peace, (post)conflict and security research
| Authors | Jamie J. Hagen, Ilaria Michelis, Jennifer Philippa Eggert, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Critical Studies on Security |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘#Refugees can be entrepreneurs too!’ Humanitarianism, race, and the marketing of Syrian refugees
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Review of International Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
From ‘It Rarely Happens’ to ‘It’s Worse for Men’
| Authors | Heleen Touquet, Sarah Chynoweth, Sarah Martin, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Humanitarian Affairs |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Syrian refugee men as objects of humanitarian care
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Feminist Journal of Politics |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Making Refugees Work? The Politics of Integrating Syrian Refugees into the Labor Market in Jordan
| Authors | Katharina Lenner, Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Middle East Critique |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Explaining the (Non-)Encampment of Syrian Refugees: Security, Class and the Labour Market in Lebanon and Jordan
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Mediterranean Politics |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Syrian Refugee Men in Za‘tari Camp: Humanitarianism, Masculinities, and “Vulnerabilities”
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Civil Society Review |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Politics of Labeling Refugee Men as “Vulnerable”
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Who will resettle single Syrian men?
| Authors | Lewis Turner |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Forced Migration Review |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |