Megan Bradley

Assistant Professor, Political Science and Development Studies, McGill University

Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies, specializing in refugees, humanitarianism, and human rights

Media

Libya’s Displacement Crisis: Uprooted by Revolution and Civil War
by Megan Bradley, Ibrahim Fraihat and Houda Mzioudet
Georgetown University Press
Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice
by Megan Bradley (ed.)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress
by Megan Bradley
Cambridge University Press

Durable Solutions and the Right of Return for Internally Displaced Persons: Evolving Interpretations (2018)

by Megan Bradley

Published by International Journal of Refugee Law

Researching the Resolution of Post-Disaster Displacement: Reflections from Haiti and the Philippines (2017)

by Megan Bradley, Angela Sherwood, Lorenza Rossi, Rufa Guiam and Bradley Mellicker

Published by Journal of Refugee Studies

The International Organization for Migration (IOM): Gaining Power in the Forced Migration Regime (2017)

Published by Refuge

More than Misfortune: Recognizing Natural Disasters as a Concern for Transitional Justice (2017)

by Megan Bradley

Published by International Journal of Transitional Justice

Biography

Megan Bradley is an assistant professor of political science and international development studies at McGill University. Her research focuses on refugees, humanitarianism, and accountability for massive human rights violations. She also conducts studies on displacement and rights abuses after natural disasters. Bradley has conducted fieldwork in countries including Haiti, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. She is the author of Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress (Cambridge University Press, 2013), and the editor of Forced Migration, Reconciliation and Justice (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015).

Alongside her research and teaching, Bradley has worked with a range of organizations concerned with humanitarianism, human rights, and development. From 2012-2014, she was a Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. She has also worked with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Global Affairs Canada.

Bradley holds a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford, and has provided commentary on refugees, humanitarianism and human rights issues for outlets including CBC, CNN, CTV, NPR, Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor and the Toronto Star.

Expertise

  • Refugees
  • Humanitarian emergencies
  • Forced migration
  • Displacement
  • Human rights
  • Natural disasters

Education/Éducation

  • University of Oxford
    Forced Migration
    MSc, 2004
  • University of Oxford
    International Relations
    DPhil (PhD), 2009