Department of Development Studies
David Crane
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- Department
- Department of Development Studies
- Qualifications
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MA in Refugee Studies, University of London
MSc in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MA in Economics, University of Edinburgh - Subject
- Development
- Email address
- 733752@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Subregional refugee management policies: exploring the feasibility and desirability for the protections and rights of refugees in the East African Community
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Zoë Marriage & Professor Lutz Oette
Biography
David is a PhD researcher at the Department of Development Studies, where his work focuses on the concept of regionalism within forced migration and associated models of protection, specifically looking at East Africa. He is exploring the coherence and conflicts between refugee laws and policies at the national, regional, and global levels, along with associated human rights frameworks.
His research also engages with theoretical debates around externalization, securitization, responsibility sharing, and colonialism. He hopes to understand if it would be feasible for the East African Community Partner States to come to an agreement on a refugee management policy at the subregional level that would create stronger coherence at the national level and, ultimately, improve protections and rights for forcibly displaced individuals. This research was inspired by the achievements of the Abidjan Declaration - an agreement by ECOWAS (the West African Community) to promote the rights of stateless individuals in the subregion.
Beyond his PhD research, David is also interested in the broader global refugee architecture and how this impacts the experiences and outcomes of forcibly displaced individuals in practice - in particular those who travel along the Central Mediterranean Route, as well as individuals seeking asylum in the UK.
Prior to his PhD, David completed an MA in Refugee Studies at the Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, and his dissertation explored durable solutions - particularly reintegration - via a case study analysis of Cambodia, Guatemala, and Rwanda. He also holds an MSc from LSE, where he researched refugee-host community dynamics in Uganda (and the socioeconomic factors influencing these dynamics), and an MA in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.
Research interests
- Forced migration
- Responsibility sharing
- Securitization
- Externalization
- Regionalism
- Durable solutions
- International refugee law
- Colonialism.
- Primary geographic interests: East Africa, UK, Central Mediterranean route
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