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Megan Bradley

Academic title(s): 

Professor and William Dawson Scholar

Megan Bradley
Contact Information
Address: 

855 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T7

Phone: 
514-398-6659
Email address: 
megan.bradley [at] mcgill.ca
Position: 
Professor, Political Science and Institute for the Study of International Development
Office: 
Leacock 539
Degree(s): 

DPhil (PhD), Oxford

Curriculum vitae: 
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Research areas: 
International Relations
Areas of interest: 

Refugees and forced migration, human rights, transitional justice, humanitarianism, disasters, peacebuilding, international organizations, international development

Selected publications: 

Books

  • Megan Bradley (2013)听Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Megan Bradley, ed. (2015) Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice. Montreal: 海角社区-Queen's University Press.

  • Megan Bradley, Ibrahim Fraihat and Houda Mzioudet (2016) Libya鈥檚 Displacement Crisis: Uprooted by Revolution and Civil War.听Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (digital shorts series).
  • Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) (2019) Refugees鈥� 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听 (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铆a Iba帽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听Journal of Refugee Studies听on 鈥淎ccountability and redress for the injustices of displacement鈥� (2014).

Articles

  • Merve Erdilmen, James Milner and Megan Bradley (2024, forthcoming) 鈥淭hrough the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime,鈥� Global Studies Quarterly.

  • Megan Bradley (2024) 鈥溾�榃e鈥檙e an organization that does stuff鈥�: The International Organization for Migration, Logistics and Expert Authority in Migration Governance,鈥� Geopolitics (advanced access).

  • Megan Bradley (2023) 鈥淐olonial Continuities and Colonial Unknowing in International Migration Management: The International Organization for Migration Reconsidered,鈥� Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(1): 22-42.

  • Megan Bradley (2023) 鈥淩ealizing the Right of Return: Refugees鈥� Roles in Localizing Norms and Socializing UNHCR,鈥� Geopolitics 28(3): 979-1006.

  • Megan Bradley and Merve Erdilmen (2023) 鈥淚s the International Organization for Migration Legitimate? Rights-talk, Protection Commitments and the Legitimation of IOM,鈥� Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(9): 2332-2354.

  • Megan Bradley, Laura Madokoro, Chris Chanco and Merve Erdilmen (2022) 鈥淲hither the Refugees? International Organisations and 鈥楽olutions鈥� to Displacement, 1921-1960,鈥� Refugee Survey Quarterly 41(2): 159鈥�195.

  • Mohamed Sesay and Megan Bradley (2022) 鈥溾�榃hen the Ground Opened鈥�: Responsibility for Harms and Rights Violations in Disasters 鈥� Insights from Sierra Leone,鈥� Journal of Human Rights 21(1): 1-17.

  • Megan Bradley (2021) 鈥淛oining the UN Family? Explaining the Evolution of IOM-UN Relations,鈥� Global Governance 27(2): 251-274.

  • Megan Bradley (2019) 鈥淯nresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime,鈥� Ethics and International Affairs 33(1): 45-56.

  • Megan Bradley (2018) 鈥淒urable Solutions and the Right of Return for Internally Displaced Persons: Evolving Interpretations,鈥� International Journal of Refugee Law (special issue commemorating the 20th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement).

  • Megan Bradley (2017) 鈥淢ore than Misfortune: Recognizing Natural Disasters as a Concern for Transitional Justice,鈥� International Journal of Transitional Justice 11(3) 400-420.

  • Megan Bradley (2017) 鈥淭he International Organization for Migration (IOM): Gaining Power in the Forced Migration Regime,鈥� Refuge 33(1): 91-106.

  • Megan Bradley, Angela Sherwood, Lorenza Rossi, Rufa Guiam and Bradley Mellicker (2017) 鈥淩esearching the Resolution of Post-Disaster Displacement: Reflections from Haiti and the Philippines,鈥� Journal of Refugee Studies 30(3): 363-386.听

  • Megan Bradley (2014) 鈥淩ethinking refugeehood: Statelessness, repatriation and refugee agency鈥�,听Review of International Studies听40(1).

  • Megan Bradley and Roger Duthie (2014) 鈥淚ntroduction: Accountability and redress for the injustices of displacement鈥�,听Journal of Refugee Studies听27(2).

  • Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley (2013) 鈥淚ntroductory Note to the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)鈥�,听International Legal Materials听51(1).

  • Megan Bradley (2013) 鈥淒efining success in refugee repatriation鈥�,听World Politics Review, 3 December 2013.

  • Megan Bradley (2012) 鈥溾�楳igrants in a feverland鈥�: State obligations towards 鈥榚nvironmental refugees鈥欌��,听International Journal of Political Theory听8 (1-2).

  • Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley (2012) 鈥淪trengthened protection for internally displaced persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention comes into force鈥�,听American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insights听16(36).

  • Megan Bradley听 (2011) 鈥淯nlocking protracted displacement: Central America鈥檚 鈥榮uccess story鈥� reconsidered鈥�,听Refugee Survey Quarterly听30(4).

  • Roberta Cohen and Megan Bradley (2010) 鈥淒isasters and displacement: Gaps in protection鈥�,听Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies听1(1).

  • Megan Bradley (2009) 鈥淩eturn in dignity: A neglected refugee protection challenge鈥�,听Canadian Journal of Development Studies听28(3).

  • Megan Bradley (2009) 鈥淥bstacles to realising Guiding Principle 29 in Afghanistan鈥�,听Forced Migration Review听(Special Edition).

  • Megan Bradley (2008) 鈥淏ack to basics: The conditions of just refugee returns鈥�,听Journal of Refugee Studies听21(3).

  • Megan Bradley (2008) 鈥淥n the agenda: North-South research partnerships and agenda-setting processes鈥� (lead article),听Development in Practice 18(6).

  • Megan Bradley (2007) 鈥淩edress and refugees: Reflections on some recent literature鈥� (review essay),听Journal of Refugee Studies听20(4).

  • Megan Bradley (2007) 鈥淩efugee research agendas: The influence of donors and North-South partnerships鈥�,听Refugee Survey Quarterly听26(3).

Book chapters

  • Megan Bradley (2024) 鈥淓nding Internal Displacement: Normative Standards, Ethical Challenges,鈥� in David Owens and Jamie Draper (eds.) The Political Philosophy of Internal Displacement, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2023) 鈥淚OM鈥檚 Mandate Evolution: Accountability to Whom, and For What?鈥� 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.

  • Angela Sherwood and Angela Sherwood (2023) 鈥淗olding IOM to Account: The Role of Human Rights NGOs,鈥� 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.

  • Megan Bradley (2021) 鈥淩edress for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Restitution, Compensation and Other Remedies,鈥� in Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster and Jane McAdam (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2020) 鈥淚s Return the Preferred Solution to Refugee Crises?,鈥� in David Miller and Christine Straehle (eds.) The Political Philosophy of Refuge,听Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Megan Bradley and Cate Duin (2020) 鈥淎 Port in the Storm: Resettlement and Private Sponsorship in the Broader Context of the Refugee Regime,鈥� in Shauna Labman and Geoff Cameron (eds.) Strangers to Neighbours: Refugee Sponsorship in Context, Montreal: 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press.

  • Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (2019) 鈥淪haping the Struggles of their Times: Refugees, Peacebuilding and Resolving Displacement,鈥� in Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) Refugees鈥� Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

  • James Milner, Megan Bradley and Blair Peruniak (2019) 鈥淐onclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?鈥� in Megan Bradley, James Milner and Blair Peruniak (eds.) Refugees鈥� Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2017) 鈥淲hose agenda? Power and priorities in North-South research partnerships鈥�, in L. Mougeot (ed.)听Civil society in research for development, Ottawa: IDRC.

  • Megan Bradley and Angela Sherwood (2016) 鈥淎ddressing and Resolving Internal Displacement: Reflections on a Soft Law 鈥楽uccess Story,鈥欌�� 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.听

  • Megan Bradley (2015) 鈥淚ntroduction: The troubled intersection of forced migration, justice and reconciliation,鈥� in M. Bradley (ed.)听Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice, Montreal: 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2015) 鈥淎dvancing the agenda: Implications for research, policy and practice,鈥� in M. Bradley (ed.)听Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice, Montreal: 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2014) 鈥淒isplacement in Central America and the Caribbean: Cooperation and Challenges鈥�, in E. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, G. Loescher, K. Long and N. Sigona (eds.)听The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2013) 鈥淟iberal Democracies鈥� Divergent Interpretations of the Right of Return: Implications for Free Movement鈥�, in W. Maas (ed.)听Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People, Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff.

  • Megan Bradley and Roberta Cohen (2013) 鈥淒isasters, Displacement and Protection: Challenges, Shortcomings and Ways Forward鈥�,听in T. Faist and J. Schade (eds.)听Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Methodologies, Political Discourses and Human Rights, New York: Springer.

  • Megan Bradley (2013) 鈥淩edressing internally displaced Palestinians in Israel鈥�, in R. Brynen and R. El-Rifai (eds.)听Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace, London: Pluto Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2013) 鈥淕ender dimensions of redress for the Palestinian refugees鈥�, in R. Brynen and R. El-Rifai (eds.)听Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace, London: Pluto Press.

  • Megan Bradley (2012) 鈥淭ruth-telling and displacement: Patterns and prospects鈥�, in R. Duthie (ed.)听Displacement and Transitional Justice, New York: SSRC.

  • Megan Bradley (2011) 鈥淩eparations鈥�, in G. Kurian,听et al. (eds.)听Encyclopedia of Political Science, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press (Sage Publications).

  • Megan Bradley, J.M. Labatut and G. Morin-Labatut (2008) 鈥淟鈥檃ide canadienne 脿 la recherche pour le d茅veloppement鈥� (鈥淐anadian aid for research for development鈥�), in F. Audet, M. Desrosiers and S. Roussel (eds.)听L鈥檃ide canadienne au d茅veloppement, Montreal: University of Montreal Press.

Other publications

  • Megan Bradley (2019) 鈥淩esolving Refugee Situations: Seeking Solutions Worthy of the Name,鈥� 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)听Supporting durable solutions to urban, post-disaster displacement: Challenge and opportunities in Haiti, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution/International Organization for Migration.
  • Megan Bradley (2012)听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)听Transitional Justice and Displacement: Challenges and Recommendations, Washington, DC/New York: Brookings Institution/International Center for Transitional Justice.
Courses: 

INTD 352鈥擠isasters and Development听

INTD 497鈥擱efugees and Forced Migration: Rights and Responsibilities

INTD 497鈥擳ransitional Justice

POLI 353鈥擯olitics of the International Refugee Regime

POLI 448鈥擥ender and International Relations

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