{"id":196,"date":"2019-01-17T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=196"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:41:11","slug":"james-milner","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/james-milner\/","title":{"rendered":"James Milner"},"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<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button left\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=w59TF_UAAAAJ&#038;hl=en%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>James Milner is a Professor of Political Science at Carleton University. He is currently Project Director of&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"blue\">LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also Director of the&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-ogsc=\"blue\">Migration and Diaspora Studies<\/a>&nbsp;program at Carleton University, Co-Chair of the&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/globalcompactrefugees.org\/compact-action\/initiatives\/global-academic-interdisciplinary-network. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalcompactrefugees.org%2Fcompact-action%2Finitiatives%2Fglobal-academic-interdisciplinary-network&amp;data=05%7C02%7CBeatriceMarieVillade%40cmail.carleton.ca%7C18d1cfef726c4b8d69c208de5ac56c67%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639048001150646001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3HYJyRfoyHIg6tQMo6noYkdJmON4p6Ply5p%2BJWga55g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-ogsc=\"blue\">Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network<\/a>, and Canada\u2019s first&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/globalcompactrefugees.org\/sergio-vieira-de-mello-chairs-model-gains-flagship-initiative. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalcompactrefugees.org%2Fsergio-vieira-de-mello-chairs-model-gains-flagship-initiative&amp;data=05%7C02%7CBeatriceMarieVillade%40cmail.carleton.ca%7C18d1cfef726c4b8d69c208de5ac56c67%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639048001150683731%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qG9pigxwoquanhjRTEyjG7EIgPg4X74jvRRgjeTaG28%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-ogsc=\"blue\">De Mello Chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been a researcher, practitioner and policy advisor on issues relating to the global refugee regime, global refugee policy, meaningful refugee participation and the politics of asylum in the global South. He has undertaken field research in Burundi, Guinea, Kenya, India, Tanzania and Thailand, and has presented research findings to stakeholders in New York, Geneva, London, Ottawa, Bangkok, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and elsewhere. He has worked as a Consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India, Cameroon, Guinea and its Geneva Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is author of&nbsp;Refugees, the State and the Politics of Asylum in Africa&nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), co-author (with Alexander Betts and Gil Loescher) of&nbsp;UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection&nbsp;(Routledge, 2012), and co-editor of: Canada in the Global Refugee Regime (McGill-Queens University Press, 2026),&nbsp;Refugees\u2019 Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace: Beyond Beneficiaries (Georgetown University Press, 2019) and&nbsp;Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications&nbsp;(UN University Press, 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                             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