Outputs (2)

The politics of discretion: authority and influence in asylum dispersal (2021)
Journal Article
Darling, J. (2022). The politics of discretion: authority and influence in asylum dispersal. Political Geography, 94, Article 102560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102560

This paper considers how discretion, understood as both a capacity to make decisions and a form of influence that is often hidden, operates within the accommodation and support of asylum seekers. Combining critical discussions of discretion with acco... Read More about The politics of discretion: authority and influence in asylum dispersal.

The Cautious Politics of “Humanizing” Refugee Research (2021)
Journal Article
Darling, J. (2021). The Cautious Politics of “Humanizing” Refugee Research. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 37(2), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.40798

In this intervention, I reflect on what it may mean to ‘humanize’ refugee research. The assumption often made is that ‘humanizing’ can arise through a concern with the particularity of the individual, through drawing from ‘the mass’ the narrative of... Read More about The Cautious Politics of “Humanizing” Refugee Research.