{"id":1275,"date":"2020-05-07T17:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1275"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:41:09","slug":"jeff-crisp","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/jeff-crisp\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Crisp"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jeff Crisp is currently a LERRN Co-Investigator, a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow in International Law at Chatham House. He is an expert on refugee, migration and humanitarian issues and has a Masters degree and Ph.D. in African Studies from the University of Birmingham. Dr. Crisp has held senior positions with UNHCR (Head of Policy Development and Evaluation), Refugees International (Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy) and the Global Commission on International Migration (Director of Policy and Research). He has also worked for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, the British Refugee Council and Coventry University. Dr. Crisp has first-hand experience of humanitarian operations throughout the world and has published and lectured widely on refugee and migration issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"lerrn-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">LERRN Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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