Georgia Cole

Dr Georgia Cole is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, specialising in refugee and migration studies. Her research explores alternatives to formal asylum pathways, plural geographies of refuge, and displacement dynamics in the Horn of Africa and Gulf States. She leads the Foundations for All project, a blended learning initiative for refugees in Uganda, and collaborates with the Mixed Migration Centre and Refugee Law Project. Cole previously held research fellowships at Cambridge and Oxford, where she completed her DPhil in International Development.

• Education: DPhil in International Development (University of Oxford).

Her recent work focuses on refugee education technology, longitudinal migration analysis, and policy alignment in displacement contexts. Cole’s publications address semiotics in refugee politics, UNHCR funding dynamics, and systemic ambivalence in authoritarian regimes. She teaches courses on qualitative research methods, social work, and refugee studies, currently convening the BSc in Social Work Dissertation Course.

Scientific Awards:

• Chancellor's Fellow
• Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow
• Book Review Editor for Journal of Refugee Studies

She contributes to media outlets like The Guardian and The Conversation, and her research projects include collaborations with the Refugee Law Project, American University of Beirut, and Danish Refugee Council. Cole is accepting PhD students and engages in editorial and consultancy work.