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Jay Ramasubramanyam

Assistant Professor, Law & Society Program, York University, Canada

Jay Ramasubramanyam is a global south migration researcher. His research expertise includes forced migration, international refugee law, statelessness, third world approaches to international law, human rights, race and racialization, postcolonial theory, and South Asian studies. His research explores the asymmetries of power, knowledge production and the ostensible legitimacy of norms in the field of refugee studies and refugee law.

Prior to his entry into academia, he was employed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a Refugee Status Determination Associate and in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a Protection Field Officer.

Experience

  • –present
    Assistant Professor, York University, Canada

Education

  • 2021 
    Carleton University, Doctor of Philosophy/Law and Legal Studies