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Maja Grundler is a Lecturer in Law at Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University. Previously, she served as a Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Law from Queen Mary, University of London and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
Dr. Grundler's research focuses on the intersection of refugee law and irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling. Her wider research interests encompass the scope and boundaries of the refugee definition, nationality discrimination in migration contexts, migrant agency, and vulnerability. These research areas align with several UN Sustainable Development Goals related to justice, peace, and human rights.
Dr. Grundler is the co-founder and co-chair of the Human Trafficking Research Network and serves as a Research Affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative. Her work has been cited 28 times according to available metrics, and her research outputs include journal articles, an editorial, a book, and other scholarly contributions.
Dr. Grundler's scholarly contributions demonstrate a consistent focus on refugee protection mechanisms, particularly examining how vulnerability factors impact refugee status determination. Her recent work has explored topics such as risk of re-trafficking, cumulative harm in asylum claims, and the prohibition of nationality discrimination within the refugee convention framework.
Her work has been recognized through mentions in news outlets, references in Wikipedia pages, and readership on academic platforms like Mendeley. She has also engaged with the public through X (formerly Twitter), demonstrating commitment to knowledge dissemination beyond traditional academic channels.
Dr. Grundler's research fingerprint reveals strong engagement across refugee law (100%), research focus (100%), migrant smuggling (100%), nationality issues (100%), and human trafficking (100%), indicating a highly specialized research profile in these interconnected fields.
