Alice M. Nah is an Associate Professor at the Sociology Department at Durham University<\/a>, UK and a Co-Director of the Human Rights and Public Law Centre<\/a>. She conducts research on asylum and migration in Asia. Alice has been invited by government and intergovernmental bodies to participate in global policy making and regional dialogues as an independent expert on forced migration in Asia. She chairs the boards of the International Detention Coalition<\/a> and Protection\u00a0International<\/a> and\u00a0was a founding member the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network<\/a> (serving as chair from 2008-2010). Alice previously held an Endeavour Cheung Kong Research Fellowship at Monash University, Melbourne; the President\u2019s Graduate Fellowship at the National University of Singapore; and a visiting fellowship at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University. She holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n