📢 New article alert! 🚨 Our latest UNSW Kaldor Centre Data Lab research reveals how limiting procedural rights in asylum processing can backfire, leading to poor decisions, more appeals, and longer delays. Refugee Survey Quarterly academic.oup.com/rsq/article-ab…

Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre and the International Journal of Refugee Law are seeking prospective authors to participate in an online workshop in December. Details here: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/call-for-…

Are you a scholar w/lived experience of displacement, working or studying in refugee/forced migration studies? Or are you an academic who'd like to support such scholars through mentoring? Our 2025 Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program is open...Apply! unsw.edu.au/kaldor-centre/…

Misinformation multiplies in election campaigns, often about migrants and refugees. If you're seeing it, our recent work w/cognitive scientists aims to help you decide whether and how to respond–effectively. New downloadable resources are on our website: unsw.edu.au/kaldor-centre/…

🛑 In Australia, tens of thousands of people are waiting for asylum decisions, some for a decade+. New piece in The Conversation.com by Daniel Ghezelbash, Mia Bridle and Keyvan Dorostkar outlines 5 ways to fix it: theconversation.com/5-ways-to-tack… #RefugeeLaw #AsylumSeekers #FairnessIsEfficient #AusPol

'Australia needs a fundamental shift that recognises fairness contributes to, rather than detracts from efficiency.' 5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases theconversation.com/5-ways-to-tack… by Daniel Ghezelbash Keyvan Dorostkar and Mia Bridle

The Welcoming Australia symposium is working for a culture #WhereEveryoneCanBelong – and that relies on honest, fact-based debate and policy-making. Daniel Ghezelbash shared out work on how to counter misinformation. Explore more: unsw.to/counter-misinf…

Our latest piece on the repatriation of citizens by Australia, with Jane McAdam and Thomas Mulder in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand UNSW Kaldor Centre theconversation.com/australian-cit…

Big news! Kaldor Centre Director Daniel Ghezelbash is a finalist for Innovator of the Year in the 2025 #AusLawAwards — the first academic ever shortlisted in this category! His tech-driven work is reshaping access to justice. Read how: bit.ly/3Tvi7PL #AccessToJustice #Innovation

Congratulations to ⁦Daniel Ghezelbash⁩ ⁦UNSW Kaldor Centre⁩ who won the Innovator of the Year (Individual) award last night at the Australian Law Awards! lawyersweekly.com.au/australian-law…

Don't miss Anna's analysis of the week the government chose to circumvent human rights law. Who's impacted? How? What does it mean? Find out: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/… #Nauru UNSW Law & Justice #auspol

‘The choice is stark: ‘Digital tools can either entrench surveillance and control, or they can empower people on the move and promote dignity and freedom. Our principles provide a roadmap for governments to choose the latter.’ – Daniel Ghezelbash Read more: unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pd…

'We should not mistake surveillance for freedom.' New piece by Petra Molnar (@petramolnar.com on BlueSky🦋), Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo and Antonella Napolitano Tech Policy Press #SecurityTech #HumanRights #BorderSecurity #ImmigrationPolicy #Surveillance techpolicy.press/technology-is-…

'...delivers one of the most comprehensive examinations yet of how digital monitoring has become central to U.S. immigration enforcement.' Great anaylsis of the report by Daniel Ghezelbash Petra Molnar (@petramolnar.com on BlueSky🦋) + the International Detention Coalition (bit.ly/43nbYtX) biometricupdate.com/202510/digital…

'We meet at a crossroads for refugee protection...From the destruction in Gaza & the ongoing war in Ukraine, to brutal conflicts in Sudan & Myanmar, and the deepening humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, the scale of displacement & human suffering is staggering. Daniel Ghezelbash #Kaldor25

'Refugee protection is not only an act of obligation but of shared opportunity.' Daniel Ghezelbash opens #Kaldor25