Associate Professor of Political Science James Milner is a historic, prolific academic and producer of scholarship. With seven books and countless appearances in journals, at conferences, and in the media, Professor Milner is a globally recognized voice in refugee scholarship and global justice. He is also a consultant and policy advisor to some of the largest actors in the refugee regime, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the European Union, among others.
As a scholar, Professor James Milner is the recipient of many prestigious awards, such as the Trudeau Scholarship and numerous SSHRC partnership and insight grants, leading to field research in Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania and Thailand. A consummate educator, James teaches courses on forced migration and global governance and is a highly sought-after supervisor to graduate students within the Department of Political Science.
Professor Milner’s most impactful work may be his most recent. As the project director of LERRN – the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network – he is leading a team of researchers and practitioners dedicated to protecting refugees and developing solutions on forced migration in the Global South. Adopting an inclusive and equitable approach to forced migration issues, Professor Milner and his team are working in concert with displaced people alongside civil society organizations. In doing so, LERRN seeks to promote an empowered approach to the scholarship on forced migration, and to enhance civil society organizations’ role in responding to refugees’ needs.
Trevor Kinoti, Immaculate Odero and Javans Wanga, students in the MA in Forced Migration at Moi University, with Dulo Nyaoro, Lead of LERRN’s Kenya Working Group (2nd from right)
Lively conversation among members of the Kenya Working Group at Moi University, Nairobi Campus, October 2018
Research placement students: James Milner, Martin Geiger, Nadiya Ismaeva and LERRN research placement students at Carleton University, May 2019