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Dr Louise Olliff

Dr Louise Olliff

Post-Doc Fellow
Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Dr. Louise Olliff is a Senior Research Associate at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at 国民彩票 working part-time on an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to research skilled employment for refugees in regional Australia. Outside of her role at the Kaldor Centre, Louise is a sessional lecturer and works part-time for the Refugee Council of Australia as a senior policy advisor leading the Council鈥檚 work on resettlement and complementary pathways.聽

Louise holds a PhD in Anthropology and Development Studies from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts (Collaborative International Development Studies and Anthropology) from the University of Guelph, Canada, and a Bachelor of Arts Hons. (Journalism and International Development Studies) from Deakin University.

Louise is the author of聽Helping Familiar Strangers: Refugee Diaspora Organizations and Humanitarianism聽(Indiana University Press, 2022) and co-editor of聽Understanding Diaspora Development: Lessons from Australia and the Pacific聽(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
E-mail
l.olliff@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2022
    Olliff L, 2022, Helping Familiar Strangers Refugee Diaspora Organizations and Humanitarianism, Indiana University Press
  • Edited Books | 2022
    Phillips M; Olliff L, (ed.), 2022, Understanding Diaspora Development: Lessons from Australia and the Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan Cham,
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Rej贸n R; Fernandez B; Olliff L; Varghese D, 2025, 'Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises', Voluntas,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Olliff L; Block K; Baker S; Edwards C; Tran J, 2023, 'The Australian Research on Refugee Integration Database (ARRID): a Platform and Conceptual Framework to Map, Connect and Share Knowledge', Journal of International Migration and Integration, 24, pp. 403 - 423,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Olliff L; Baak M; Baddeley M; Lino Lejukole J; Munyonge E; Saidi I; Treuren GJM, 2022, '鈥淲e will start building from that鈥: Social capital, social networks and African migrants鈥 job-seeking experiences in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57, pp. 725 - 742,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Olliff L, 2018, 'From resettled refugees to humanitarian actors: Refugee diaspora organizations and everyday humanitarianism', New Political Science, 40, pp. 658 - 674,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Olliff L, 2014, 'Refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and stories of loss and hope', Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Olliff L, 2008, 'Playing for the Future: The Role of Sport and Recreation in Supporting Refugee Young People to 'Settle Well' in Australia', Youth Studies Australia