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30
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5164
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1160
National Ranking
193

Overview

Gil Loescher was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily addressed topics within the social sciences, with a specific focus on political science and international relations. The main thematic concern of their research involved Asian geopolitics and ethnography.

The scientist coauthored works with James Milner and Kurt Mills, indicating collaboration in related fields and topics. Although there are no recent papers listed, the available data shows a continued interest in areas concerning geopolitical and ethnographic dynamics in Asia.

  • James Milner
  • Kurt Mills

Loescher's contributions are categorized in the broader area of social sciences, with specialization in political science and international relations, reflecting an engagement with global political themes and cross-cultural ethnographic study.

  • Social Sciences

  • Political Science and International Relations

The researcher's main topics of study focused on Asian geopolitics and ethnography, indicating a detailed examination of political situations and cultural identities within the Asian context.

  • Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography

Best Publications

  • The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

    Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh;Gil Loescher;Katy Long;Nando Sigona

  • The UNHCR and world politics : a perilous path

    Gil Loescher

  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the 21st Century

    Alexander Betts;Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection

    Alexander Betts;Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • Beyond Charity: International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis

    Gil Loescher

  • Protracted Refugee Situations: Domestic and International Security Implications

    Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • Refugee Flows as Grounds for International Action

    Alan Dowty;Gil Loescher

  • Responding to protracted refugee situations: lessons from a decade of discussion

    James Milner;Gil Loescher

  • Protracted refugee situations : political, human rights and security implications

    Gil Loescher;James Milner;Edward Newman;Gary Troeller

  • The UNHCR and World Politics: State Interests vs. Institutional Autonomy

    Gil Loescher

  • Refugee movements and international security

    Gil Loescher

  • Problems of protection: the UNHCR, refugees and human rights

    Niklaus Steiner;Mark Gibney;Gil Loescher

  • Forced Migrants as ‘Illegal’ Migrants

    Stephan Scheel;Vicki Squire

  • Refugees in International Relations

    Alexander Betts;Gil Loescher

  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : the politics and practice of refugee protection into the twenty-first century

    Gil Loescher;Alexander Betts;James Milner

  • Refugees and international relations

    Gil Loescher;Laila Monahan

  • The long road home: Protracted refugee situations in Africa

    Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection

    Betts A Dr;Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • The missing link: the need for comprehensive engagement in regions of refugee origin

    Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • Understanding the challenge.

    Gil Loescher;James Milner

  • The UNHCR and World Politics

    Gil Loescher

  • Introduction: Refugee and forced migration studies in transition

    Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh;Gil Loescher;Katy Long;Nando Sigona

  • The International Refugee Regime: Stretched to the Limit?

    Gil Loescher

  • Beyond Charity

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  • Calculated Kindness: Refugees and America's Half-Open Door, 1945 to the Present.

    Michael G. Heyman;Gil Loescher;John A. Scanlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Betts
Alexander Betts University of Oxford
Edward Newman
Edward Newman University of Leeds
Nando Sigona
Nando Sigona University of Birmingham

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