缅北禁地

I joined 缅北禁地 in July 2020 as a Lecturer in International Politics of Gender, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2024. I am a researcher of humanitarianism in 'the Middle East.' My research focuses on questions of gender (particularly men and masculinities) refugee recognition, vulnerability, labour market integration, and race and racism in humanitarianism. My work sits at the intersections of feminist international politics, Middle East politics, and refugee and humanitarian studies.

My research has been published in numerous peer review journals including , , , , and Review of International Studies, and has been awarded prizes by multiple professional associations, including the , the , and the of the International Studies Association.

I am the Co-Vice President (2024-2027) of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) and Chair of the Society's Committee on Academic Freedom. I am also an Independent Fellow at the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration, and an Affiliated Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute.

Between 2018 and 2020, I was a Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute at the University of Freiburg and a Teaching Fellow at University College Freiburg. I received my PhD in Politics and International Relations from SOAS University of London in 2018.

Follow the links for my profile and page. I tweet at @lewiseturner. My pronouns are he/him.

My research focuses on humanitarianism in 'the Middle East.' It explores questions of gender (particularly men and masculinities), vulnerability, encampment, refugee recognition, labour market integration, and race and racism within humanitarian work. I aim to offer critical, feminist perspectives on underexplored aspects of humanitarianism,

My work has been published in multiple leading peer review journals within the fields of Middle East politics, International Relations, and feminist international politics. I have published articles on refugee encampment in , the Jordan Compact in and , the Jordanian refugee recognition regime in , refugee men's position in humanitarianism in , the politics of vulnerability in humanitarian work in and , the racial politics of portrayals of refugee entrepreneurs in Review of International Studies, and sexual violence against men in . I have written in-depth reports on asylum governance in , and my work has also appeared in multiple edited volumes, in which I have written about , and  in the context of its Pact on Migration and Asylum.

I have also written shorter articles in Forced Migration Review and Civil Society Review, published in both English and Arabic, on refugee resettlement ( ), the Jordan Compact ( ) and humanitarianism and masculinities (). I have furthermore written numerous shorter essays, blog posts, and media pieces, including for , , and .

My PhD thesis, which was completed at SOAS University of London, was awarded the 2019 Michael Nicholson Thesis Prize by the British International Studies Association, the Shirin M Rai Prize in International Relations by the Political Studies Association, and was joint runner-up in the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies' Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize. It gave an ethnographic account of the governance of refugee men in Za'tari Refugee Camp in Jordan, and was funded by an ESRC Doctoral Studentship.

I am currently working on a book manuscript on the masculinities of humanitarianism, and from 2019-2024 have been undertaking work as part of EU Horizon2020 Project , which studies the interactions between emerging international protection systems and the United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR).

At 缅北禁地 Politics I am the Module Leader for the third-year module POL3128: Gender and Sexuality Politics in the Middle East. This year (24/25) I will also be contributing to the undergraduate module Politics of Race (POL2114) and to postgraduate modules Thinking About Politics (POL8041) and Global Sex Global Race (SOC8070), and will be supervising undergraduate dissertations (POL3046). In previous years at 缅北禁地 I have taught Middle East politics and international politics (POL1032, POL2012, and POL2078), as well as supervised undergraduate projects (POL3119).

I am very happy to hear from prospective PhD students who may be interested in undertaking a PhD under my supervision, particularly in the fields of humanitarianism, gender, sexuality, race, and refugee studies, and/or projects with a relevant focus on the Middle East (especially Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon).

Prior to arriving at 缅北禁地, at SOAS University of London I taught on courses including International Politics of Human Rights, Introduction to International Relations, and Government and Politics of the Middle East. At the University of Freiburg, I designed and convened a new course entitled Critical International Relations: Feminist, Postcolonial and Indigenous Perspectives. I have also supervised undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations on diverse topics including volunteer humanitarianism in Calais, human rights work in Palestine, decolonial approaches to development, authoritarianism in Turkey, and refugee politics in Lebanon.

In November 2023, I was awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

• Articles

  • Lenner K, Turner L. . Development and Change 2024, 55(2), 302-330.
  • Turner L. . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2025, 51(7), 1647-1666.
  • Lenner K, Turner L. . Forced Migration Review 2024, 74, 27-30.
  • Turner L. . Journal of Refugee Studies 2023, 36(4), 877-896.
  • Hagen JJ, Michelis I, Eggert JP, Turner L. . Critical Studies on Security 2023, 11(2), 126-144.
  • Turner L. . Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society 2021, 28(1), 1-23.
  • Turner L. . Civil Society Review 2020, 1(4), 48-59.
  • Touquet H, Chynoweth S, Martin S, Reis C, Myrttinen H, Schulz P, Turner L, Duriesmith D. . Journal of Humanitarian Affairs 2020, 2(3), 25-34.
  • Turner L. . Review of International Studies 2020, 46(1), 137-155.
  • Turner L. . International Feminist Journal of Politics 2019, 21(4), 595-616.
  • Lenner K, Turner L. . Middle East Critique 2019, 28(1), 65-95.
  • Lenner K, Turner L. . Forced Migration Review 2018, 57, 48-51.
  • Turner L. . Forced Migration Review 2017, 54, 29-31.
  • Turner L. . Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration 2015, 5(2), 21-25.
  • Turner L. . Mediterranean Politics 2015, 20(3), 386-404.

• Book Chapters

  • Hossain S, Turner L. . In: Sergio Carrera, Eleni Karageorgiou, Gamze Ovacik and Nikolas Feith Tan, ed. Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role: Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees. Cham: Springer, 2024, pp.81-96.
  • Pallister-Wilkins P, Brankamp H, Pascucci E, Richey LA, Smith J, Turner L, Aloudat T, Plowright W. . In: Mitchell, K; Pallister-Wilkins, P, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Philanthropy and Humanitarianism. London: Routledge, 2023, pp.292-304.
  • Turner L. . In: Carrera, S; Geddes, A, ed. The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in Light of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees: International Experiences on Containment and Mobility and their Impacts on Trust and Rights. Florence: European University Institute, 2021, pp.195-204.
  • Turner L. . In: Carmel, E; Lenner, K; Paul, R, ed. Handbook of Governance and Politics of Migration. Edward Elgar, 2021, pp.279-290.

• Online Publications

  • Fawaz A, Lenner K, Sadder I, Shehada R, Turner L. . Geneva: The New Humanitarian, 2024. Available at: .
  • Gordon N, Turner L. . University World News, 2024. Available at: .
  • Janmyr M, Hossain MS, Turner L. . Border Criminologies Blog, 2023. Available at: .
  • Lenner K, Turner L. . Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution, 2021. Available at: .
  • Turner L. . Middle East Institute, 2016. Available at: .

• Reports

  • Hossain MS, Turner L. . ASILE, 2023.
  • Turner L. . Brussels, Belgium: ASILE Project, 2023. ASILE Project.
  • Turner L. . ASILE Project, 2022.

• Review

  • Turner L. . Journal of Refugee Studies 2022, 35(1), 731-733.

• Working Papers

  • Qumri S, Turner L. . RefMig Working Paper Series 2023, No. 4, 68.
  • Costello C, Hossain MS, Janmyr M, Johnsen M, Turner L. . ASILE Working Paper 2022, 73.