Megan Bradley (2008 - 2009)

Canada

Megan Bradley is a Canadian doctoral candidate in international relations at the University of Oxford, where she carries out research on the justice issues raised by large-scale refugee repatriation movements. She also holds an MSc in forced migration from the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre, and an MA in philosophy and international relations from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Megan served as the 2007-2008 Cadieux-Léger Scholar at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), and has worked with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Brookings Institution Project on Internal Displacement, and the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo.

Following her year as a Sauvé Scholar, Megan took up a tenure track position as assistant professor in the Conflict Studies Program at Saint Paul University in Ottawa (affiliated with the University of Ottawa). She will also continue as a Visiting Fellow at the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

Links:

• Report on Cadieux-Léger Fellowship 2007-2008
  
• Obstacles to realising Guiding Principle 29 in Afghanistan Restoring property to displaced Afghans is a formidable challenge. Given the prevalence of landlessness, overlapping claims and inequitable property distribution, focusing solely on restoring land to its ‘original owners’ is unlikely to meet the needs of IDPs, returnees and their neighbours

Country of origin

Canada