Megan Bradley
Professor and William Dawson Scholar

DPhil (PhD), Oxford
Refugees and forced migration, human rights, transitional justice, humanitarianism, disasters, peacebuilding, international organizations, international development
Books
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Megan Bradley (2013)泭Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Megan Bradley, ed. (2015) Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Megan Bradley, Ibrahim Fraihat and Houda Mzioudet (2016) Libyas Displacement Crisis: Uprooted by Revolution and Civil War.泭Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (digital shorts series).
- Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) (2019) Refugees Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Megan Bradley (2020) The International Organization for Migration: Commitments, Challenges, Complexities, London: Routledge.
- Megan Bradley, Cathryn Costello and Angela Sherwood, eds泭 (forthcoming, 2022) IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- David Cantor, Megan Bradley, Ana Mar穩a Iba簽ez and Natalia Krsynsky Baal (eds.) (forthcoming, 2025) Oxford Handbook of Internal Displacement, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Special issues
- Co-editor (with Roger Duthie) of special issue of泭Journal of Refugee Studies泭on Accountability and redress for the injustices of displacement (2014).
Articles
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Merve Erdilmen, James Milner and Megan Bradley (2024, forthcoming) Through the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime, Global Studies Quarterly.
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Megan Bradley (2024) Were an organization that does stuff: The International Organization for Migration, Logistics and Expert Authority in Migration Governance, Geopolitics (advanced access).
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Megan Bradley (2023) Colonial Continuities and Colonial Unknowing in International Migration Management: The International Organization for Migration Reconsidered, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(1): 22-42.
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Megan Bradley (2023) Realizing the Right of Return: Refugees Roles in Localizing Norms and Socializing UNHCR, Geopolitics 28(3): 979-1006.
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Megan Bradley and Merve Erdilmen (2023) Is the International Organization for Migration Legitimate? Rights-talk, Protection Commitments and the Legitimation of IOM, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(9): 2332-2354.
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Megan Bradley, Laura Madokoro, Chris Chanco and Merve Erdilmen (2022) Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and Solutions to Displacement, 1921-1960, Refugee Survey Quarterly 41(2): 159195.
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Mohamed Sesay and Megan Bradley (2022) When the Ground Opened: Responsibility for Harms and Rights Violations in Disasters Insights from Sierra Leone, Journal of Human Rights 21(1): 1-17.
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Megan Bradley (2021) Joining the UN Family? Explaining the Evolution of IOM-UN Relations, Global Governance 27(2): 251-274.
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Megan Bradley (2019) Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime, Ethics and International Affairs 33(1): 45-56.
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Megan Bradley (2018) Durable Solutions and the Right of Return for Internally Displaced Persons: Evolving Interpretations, International Journal of Refugee Law (special issue commemorating the 20th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement).
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Megan Bradley (2017) More than Misfortune: Recognizing Natural Disasters as a Concern for Transitional Justice, International Journal of Transitional Justice 11(3) 400-420.
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Megan Bradley (2017) The International Organization for Migration (IOM): Gaining Power in the Forced Migration Regime, Refuge 33(1): 91-106.
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Megan Bradley, Angela Sherwood, Lorenza Rossi, Rufa Guiam and Bradley Mellicker (2017) Researching the Resolution of Post-Disaster Displacement: Reflections from Haiti and the Philippines, Journal of Refugee Studies 30(3): 363-386.泭
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Megan Bradley (2014) Rethinking refugeehood: Statelessness, repatriation and refugee agency,泭Review of International Studies泭40(1).
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Megan Bradley and Roger Duthie (2014) Introduction: Accountability and redress for the injustices of displacement,泭Journal of Refugee Studies泭27(2).
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Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley (2013) Introductory Note to the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention),泭International Legal Materials泭51(1).
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Megan Bradley (2013) Defining success in refugee repatriation,泭World Politics Review, 3 December 2013.
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Megan Bradley (2012) Migrants in a feverland: State obligations towards environmental refugees,泭International Journal of Political Theory泭8 (1-2).
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Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley (2012) Strengthened protection for internally displaced persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention comes into force,泭American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insights泭16(36).
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Megan Bradley泭 (2011) Unlocking protracted displacement: Central Americas success story reconsidered,泭Refugee Survey Quarterly泭30(4).
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Roberta Cohen and Megan Bradley (2010) Disasters and displacement: Gaps in protection,泭Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies泭1(1).
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Megan Bradley (2009) Return in dignity: A neglected refugee protection challenge,泭Canadian Journal of Development Studies泭28(3).
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Megan Bradley (2009) Obstacles to realising Guiding Principle 29 in Afghanistan,泭Forced Migration Review泭(Special Edition).
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Megan Bradley (2008) Back to basics: The conditions of just refugee returns,泭Journal of Refugee Studies泭21(3).
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Megan Bradley (2008) On the agenda: North-South research partnerships and agenda-setting processes (lead article),泭Development in Practice 18(6).
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Megan Bradley (2007) Redress and refugees: Reflections on some recent literature (review essay),泭Journal of Refugee Studies泭20(4).
- Megan Bradley (2007) Refugee research agendas: The influence of donors and North-South partnerships,泭Refugee Survey Quarterly泭26(3).
Book chapters
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Megan Bradley (2024) Ending Internal Displacement: Normative Standards, Ethical Challenges, in David Owens and Jamie Draper (eds.) The Political Philosophy of Internal Displacement, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2023) IOMs Mandate Evolution: Accountability to Whom, and For What? in Megan Bradley, Cathryn Costello and Angela Sherwood (eds.) IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Angela Sherwood and Angela Sherwood (2023) Holding IOM to Account: The Role of Human Rights NGOs, in Megan Bradley, Cathryn Costello and Angela Sherwood (eds.) IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2021) Redress for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Restitution, Compensation and Other Remedies, in Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster and Jane McAdam (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2020) Is Return the Preferred Solution to Refugee Crises?, in David Miller and Christine Straehle (eds.) The Political Philosophy of Refuge,泭Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Megan Bradley and Cate Duin (2020) A Port in the Storm: Resettlement and Private Sponsorship in the Broader Context of the Refugee Regime, in Shauna Labman and Geoff Cameron (eds.) Strangers to Neighbours: Refugee Sponsorship in Context, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
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Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (2019) Shaping the Struggles of their Times: Refugees, Peacebuilding and Resolving Displacement, in Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) Refugees Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
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James Milner, Megan Bradley and Blair Peruniak (2019) Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here? in Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) Refugees Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2017) Whose agenda? Power and priorities in North-South research partnerships, in L. Mougeot (ed.)泭Civil society in research for development, Ottawa: IDRC.
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Megan Bradley and Angela Sherwood (2016) Addressing and Resolving Internal Displacement: Reflections on a Soft Law Success Story, in T. Gammeltoft-Hansen, S. Lagoutte and J. Cerone (eds.) Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 155-182.泭
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Megan Bradley (2015) Introduction: The troubled intersection of forced migration, justice and reconciliation, in M. Bradley (ed.)泭Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2015) Advancing the agenda: Implications for research, policy and practice, in M. Bradley (ed.)泭Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2014) Displacement in Central America and the Caribbean: Cooperation and Challenges, in E. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, G. Loescher, K. Long and N. Sigona (eds.)泭The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Megan Bradley (2013) Liberal Democracies Divergent Interpretations of the Right of Return: Implications for Free Movement, in W. Maas (ed.)泭Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People, Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff.
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Megan Bradley and Roberta Cohen (2013) Disasters, Displacement and Protection: Challenges, Shortcomings and Ways Forward,泭in T. Faist and J. Schade (eds.)泭Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Methodologies, Political Discourses and Human Rights, New York: Springer.
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Megan Bradley (2013) Redressing internally displaced Palestinians in Israel, in R. Brynen and R. El-Rifai (eds.)泭Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace, London: Pluto Press.
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Megan Bradley (2013) Gender dimensions of redress for the Palestinian refugees, in R. Brynen and R. El-Rifai (eds.)泭Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace, London: Pluto Press.
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Megan Bradley (2012) Truth-telling and displacement: Patterns and prospects, in R. Duthie (ed.)泭Displacement and Transitional Justice, New York: SSRC.
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Megan Bradley (2011) Reparations, in G. Kurian,泭et al. (eds.)泭Encyclopedia of Political Science, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press (Sage Publications).
- Megan Bradley, J.M. Labatut and G. Morin-Labatut (2008) Laide canadienne la recherche pour le d矇veloppement (Canadian aid for research for development), in F. Audet, M. Desrosiers and S. Roussel (eds.)泭Laide canadienne au d矇veloppement, Montreal: University of Montreal Press.
Other publications
- Megan Bradley (2019) Resolving Refugee Situations: Seeking Solutions Worthy of the Name, Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
- Angela Sherwood, Megan Bradley, Rufa Guiam, Lorenza Rossi and Bradley Mellicker (2015) Resolving Post- Disaster Displacement: Insights from the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Washington, DC: Brookings Institution/International Organization for Migration.
- Angela Sherwood, Megan Bradley, Lorenza Rossi, Rosalia Gitau and Bradley Mellicker (2014)泭Supporting durable solutions to urban, post-disaster displacement: Challenge and opportunities in Haiti, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution/International Organization for Migration.
- Megan Bradley (2012)泭Displacement, transitional justice and reconciliation: Assumptions, challenges and lessons, University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre Policy Briefing 9.
- Megan Bradley, Roger Duthie and Bryce Campbell (2012)泭Transitional Justice and Displacement: Challenges and Recommendations, Washington, DC/New York: Brookings Institution/International Center for Transitional Justice.
INTD 352Disasters and Development泭
INTD 497Refugees and Forced Migration: Rights and Responsibilities
INTD 497Transitional Justice
POLI 353Politics of the International Refugee Regime
POLI 448Gender and International Relations
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