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Povolny Speaker: Evan Easton-Calabria: "Refuge Self-Reliance in the 21st Century: Climate change, urbanization, digitalization

Povolny Speaker, Evan Easton-Calabria will discuss "Refuge Self-Reliance in the 21st Century: Climate change, urbanization, digitalization".

4:30: Lecture in Steitz Hall 102
5:30: Book Launch/Snacks/Beverages in Steitz Hall Atrium

Evan Easton-Calabria is a Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, and a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. She has conducted research with refugees and displaced communities, including work at the intersection of climate, conflict, and vulnerable populations . She holds a Masters and PhD in International Development. She is the author of over 75 publications aimed at policy, practitioner, and academic audiences. This includes two books, Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A critical history (Bristol University Press, 2022) and The Global Governed: Refugees as providers of protection and assistance (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Dr Easton Calabria recently published, with co-author Prof. Claudena Skran, a chapter on “The Historical Development of International Law,” in The 1951 Refugee Convention: A Commentary ed. by A. Zimmermann and T. Einarsen.


There will be a celebration of the book launch of The 1951 Refugee Convention: A Commentary, immediately following the lecture, Steitz Hall Atrium with snacks and beverages.

Location:	Steitz Hall 102
Sponsor:	Povolny Lecture Series in International Studies
Contact:	Professor Claudena Skran
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