Research Projects
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Minorities and Statelessness
The Centre is investigating the interconnections between minorities’ legal status, discrimination and social inclusion.
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Researching statelessness in the Asia-Pacific region
The Asia-Pacific hosts one of the largest numbers of known stateless people in the world, and is a priority for the Centre's research efforts.
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Critical Statelessness Studies Project
This project interrogates dominant narratives and approaches in the contemporary study of statelessness.
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Histories of Statelessness in Australia
This project looks at experiences of stateless people in Australia, and government responses to statelessness.
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A Place to Call Home – Child Statelessness in Australia
This project examines the legal and administrative barriers stateless children in Australia face in obtaining Australian citizenship.
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Statelessness and International Refugee Law
This project examines the extent to which the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees protects de jure stateless persons.
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Nomadic Peoples and Statelessness
This research project is a response to the lack of information on the citizenship or statelessness status of nomadic groups globally and the challenges these groups face in this regard.
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Deprivation of Citizenship
Measures depriving citizens of nationality on security grounds are being used with increasing frequency across developed countries.
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Legal Identity in the Sustainable Development Goals
The issue of legal identity has seen in recent years a rapid ascent on the agendas of national and international policymakers.
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Citizenship and Statelessness in India
India is in the midst of a crisis around citizenship and statelessness.