Dallal Stevens
Professor
Deputy Head of School
Director of Academic Staff Development
Refugee Law and Policy; Asylum Law and Policy; Forced Migration; Human Rights; Refugees; Asylum Seeers; Middle East
School of Law
S2.21, Social Sciences Building
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
024 765 23289
Office Hours (Term 1, 2024-25):
Mondays, 11.15am - 12pm
Tuesdays, 10.00am - 11.00am
Please email me for an appointment
Dallal's research interests relate to refugee and asylum law and policy. She has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and reports on UK, EU and Middle Eastern asylum and refugee law and policy. Dallal was a Leverhulme Research Fellow from 2017-2019, researching on the protection of refugees and forced migrants in the Middle East.
Notable publications include: 'Reclaiming Migration' with V Squire, N Vaughan-Williams and N Perkowski; D. Stevens, 'Rights, Needs or Assistance? The Role of the UNHCR in Refugee Protection in the Middle East', International Journal of Human Rights, Special Issue, The strengths and weaknesses of regional protection frameworks for refugees (2016) 20 International Journal of Human Rights 2, 264-283; D. Stevens, 'Legal status, labelling and protection: the case of Iraqi "refugees" in Jordan' (2013) IJRL 25:1, 1-38; D. Stevens, 'Shifting conceptions of refugee identity and protection: European and Middle Eastern approaches' in S. Kneebone, D. Stevens and L. Baldassar (eds), Refugee Protection and the Role of Law: Conflicting Identities (Routledge, June 2014).
Dallal has written on current legal and policy developments, as well as historical aspects, of UK asylum and published a book on 'UK Asylum Law and Policy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives' with Sweet & Maxwell in 2004.
Dallal's research has been supported by external grant income from DFiD, Norwegian Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, ESRC, British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Board. She is Book Reviews Editor with the International Journal of Refugee Law and Associate Editor of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law. Dallal teaches the elective modules International Refugee Law and Critical Perspectives on Forced Migration.
- Deputy Head (Academic Staff Development) Sept. 2024-
- Leverhulme Research Fellow 2017-2019
- Book Reviews Editor, International Journal of Refugee Law (Sept 2019-Sept2024)
- Associate Editor, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law Review
- Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence 2015
- Director of UG Studies (2020-2023)
- Director of Research 2015-2017
- Reader 2015-2019; Associate Professor 2006-2015; Senior Lecturer, 2005-2006; Lecturer, University of Warwick, 1990-2005
- Trustee, Immigration Advisory Service 2002-2009
- Trustee Electronic Immigration Network 2002-2006
- External Moderator, Immigration Accreditation Scheme, Central Law Training, 2004-2007
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court (Non Practising)
- Norton Rose Law Firm 1988-1990
- LL.B Hull (First; Ranked 1); PhD Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, Dimitriadi, Angeliki, 2018. Crossing the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in search of ?protection?. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
- Stevens, Dallal, Dimitriadi, Angeliki, 2018. Crossing the Eastern Mediterranean sea in search of ?protection?. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 17 (3), pp. 261-278
- Stevens, Dallal, 2017. Asylum, refugee protection and the European response to Syrian migration. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 9 (2), pp. 184-189
- Stevens, Dallal, 2016. 'Rights, needs or assistance? The role of the UNHCR in refugee protection in the middle east'. International Journal of Human Rights, 20 (2), pp. 264-283
- Stevens, Dallal, 2013. What do we mean by protection?. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 20 (2), pp. 233-262
- Stevens, Dallal, 2013. Legal status, labelling and protection : the case of Iraqi ?refugees' in Jordan. International Journal of Refugee Law, Vol.25 (No.1), pp. 1-38
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Asylum-seeking families in current legal discourse : a UK perspective. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol.32 (No.1), pp. 5-22
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Asylum seekers and the right to access health care. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Vol.61 (No.4)
- Stevens, Dallal, 2004. The nationality, immigration and asylum act 2002 : secure borders, safe haven?. Modern Law Review, 67 (4), pp. 616-631
- Stevens, Dallal, 2003. The migration of the Romanian Roma to the UK : a contextual study. European Journal of Migration and Law, 5 (4), pp. 439-461
- Stevens, Dallal, 2001. The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 : a missed opportunity?. Modern Law Review, 64 (3), pp. 413-438
- Stevens, Dallal, 1998. The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 : erosion of the right to seek asylum. The Modern Law Review, 61 (2), pp. 207-222
- Stevens, Dallal, 1993. Re-introduction of the United Kingdom Asylum Bill. International Journal of Refugee Law, 5 (1), pp. 91-100
- Stevens, Dallal, 1992. Race relations and the changing face of United Kingdom asylum policy. Patterns of Prejudice, 26 (1-2), pp. 96-102
- Squire, Vicki, Perkowski, Nina, Stevens, Dallal, Vaughan-Williams, Nick, 2021. Reclaiming migration. Manchester, Manchester University Press
- Stevens, Dallal, 2017. Access to justice for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Stevens, Dallal; O'Sullivan, Maria (eds.), States, the law and access to refugee protection : fortresses and fairness, Hart Publishing
- Stevens, Dallal, O'Sullivan, Maria, 2017. States, the law and access to refugee protection : concluding reflections. O'Sullivan, Maria; Stevens, Dallal E. (eds.), States, the law, and access to refugee protection : fortresses and fairness, Oxford, UK, Hart Publishing
- Billings, Peter, Stevens, Dallal, 2017. Protection seekers and preventive justice : preventative immigration detention in Australia and the United Kingdom. Tulich, Tamara; Ananian-Welsh, Rebecca; Bronitt, Simon; Murray, Sarah (eds.), Regulating preventive justice : principle, policy and paradox, Routledge
- O'Sullivan, Maria, Stevens, Dallal, 2017. Access to refugee protection : key concepts and contemporary challenges. O'Sullivan, Maria; Stevens, Dallal E. (eds.), States, the law, and access to refugee protection : fortresses and fairness, Oxford, UK, Hart Publishing
- Stevens, Dallal, 2016. The humaneness of EU asylum law and policy. Ferreira, Nuno; Kostakopoulou, Dora (eds.), The human face of the European Union : is EU law and policy humane enough?, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
- Stevens, Dallal, Balsassar, Loretta, Kneebone, Susan, 2014. Law, identity and protection : concluding reflections. In Kneebone, Susan; Stevens , Dallal; Baldassar, Loretta (eds.), Refugee protection and the role of law : conflicting identities, London ; New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 273-285
- Kneebone, Susan, Balsassar, Loretta, Stevens, Dallal, 2014. Conflicting identities, protection and the role of law. Kneebone, Susan; Stevens , Dallal; Baldassar, Loretta (eds.), Refugee protection and the role of law : conflicting identities, London ; New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Stevens, Dallal, 2014. Shifting conceptions of refugee identity and protection : European and Middle Eastern approaches. In Kneebone, Susan; Stevens , Dallal; Baldassar, Loretta (eds.), Refugee protection and the role of law : conflicting identities, London ; New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 73-97
- Stevens, Dallal, 2013. Between east and west : the case of Israel. In Lambert, He´le`ne; McAdam, Jane; Fullerton, Maryellen (eds.), The global reach of European refugee law, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, pp. 132-155
- Stevens, Dallal, 2009. Asylum seekers, detention and the law : morality in abeyance?. Juss, Satvinder S. (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Migration Theory and Policy, Farnham, Surrey [U.K.] ; Burlington, VT, Ashgate
- Stevens, Dallal, 2007. The asylum-seeking family. Probert, Rebecca (ed.), Family life and the law : under one roof, Aldershot, Ashgate
- Stevens, Dallal, 2005. Asylum seekers in the new Europe : time for a rethink?. In Shah, Prakash (ed.), The challenge of asylum to legal systems, London, Portland, Or. : Cavendish, pp. 13-331
- Stevens, Dallal, 2004. UK asylum law and policy : historical and contemporary perspectives. Sweet & Maxwell, London
- Stevens, Dallal, 2003. Asylum law in the UK : new beginnings or a false dawn. In McEldowney, John F; Weick, Gu¨nter (eds.), Human rights in transition, Frankfurt am Main ; New York, Peter Lang, pp. 69-83
- Stevens, Dallal, 1998. Law, policy and the determination process : the case of UK Asylum Law and policy - lessons from history?. In Nicholson, Frances; Twomey, Patrick M. (eds.), Current issues of UK asylum law and policy, Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt, Ashgate, Dartmouth, pp. 9-33
- Stevens, Dallal, 1996. Refugee law and the rights of the child. In Lowe , Nigel; Douglas , Gillian (eds.), Families across frontiers, The Hague ; Boston : ; Cambridge, MA, M. Nijhoff Publishers ; Kluwer Law International, pp. 449-464
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Asylum seekers and the right to health : legal, medical and ethical considerations. Migration Research Seminar, Sussex University, 22 Jan 2010
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Law, equality and the refugee family. Feminist Legal Research Unit Seminar series on the Transnational Family, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 25 Feb 2010
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Asylum seekers and the right to health. Journeys and Justice: Forced migration, seeking asylum, and human rights, University of Leeds, 29 Jan 2010
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. The law's approach to detention of asylum seekers : help or hindrance?. One-Day Workshop on The Meaning and Practice of Immigration Detention: Perspectives from Legal, Social, and Political Theory, Oxford University, 21 May 2010
- Stevens, Dallal, 2008. Cosmopolitanism, law and future of social justice. Cosmopolitanism, the Role of Law and International Migration, Coventry, UK, 7-8 May 2008
- Stevens, Dallal, 2003. Roma asylum applicants in the United Kingdom : "scroungers" or "scapegoats"?. 7th Conference on Refugee Convention at Fifty, Midrand, South Africa, Jan 2001, Published in The Refugee Convention at fifty : a view from forced migration studies, pp. 145-160
- Stevens, Dallal, 2018. Greece as 'transit country' : the role of law and policy. University of Warwick
- Squire, Vicki, Stevens, Dallal, Vaughan-Williams, Nick, Pisani, Maria, Dimitriadi, Angeliki, Perkowski, Nina, 2017. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by boat. Mapping and documenting migratory journeys and experiences, final project report. University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2013. Legal status, labelling, and protection : the case of Iraqi ?refugees' in Jordan. University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2013. What do we mean by protection?. University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. The law's approach to detention of asylum seekers : help or hindrance?. University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2010. Asylum seekers and the right to access health care. University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2009. Asylum-seeking families in current legal discourse : a UK perspective. Department of Law, University of Warwick
- Stevens, Dallal, 2009. The asylum-seeking family. University of Warwick, School of Law
- Stevens, Dallal, 2009. The migration of the Romanian Roma to the UK : a contextual study. University of Warwick, School of Law
- Stevens, Dallal, 2004. The nationality, immigration and asylum act 2002 : secure borders, safe haven?. University of Warwick
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
| Refugees and the Arab Middle East: Protection in States Not Party to the Refugee Convention (Unge forskertalenter - FRIHUMSAM) | Research Council of Norway | 01 Jul 2019 | 30 Jun 2023 |
| Access to Refugee Protection in the Middle East | Leverhulme Trust | 01 Oct 2017 | 31 Mar 2019 |
| Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat: Mapping and documenting migratory journeys and experiences | ESRC | 01 Sep 2015 | 28 Feb 2019 |
| The Effect of Legal Status on the Human Rights and Access to Services of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan | British Academy | 01 Feb 2010 | 31 Oct 2010 |
Data and Displacement: Assessing the Practical and Ethical Implications of Targeting Humanitarian Protection
Funded by UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office under the Collaborative Humanitarian Protection Programme (£578,000)
PI Vicki Squire, PAIS, University of Warwick
Co-Is
Dr Olufunke Fayehun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr Briony Jones, University of Warwick, UK
Dr Leben Moro, University of Juba, South Sudan
Professor João Porto de Albuquerque, University of Warwick, UK
Professor Dallal Stevens, University of Warwick, UK
Robert Trigwell, International Organization for Migration, DTM Global Team
Refugees and the Arab Middle East: Protection in States Not Party to the Refugee Convention
Funded by: Norway Research Council, Project No 286745, NOK11,839,000, Project Start date 1.7.19; Project End Date 30.6.23
PI Prof Maja Janmyr, University of Oslo;
Co-Is
Prof Dallal Stevens, University of Warwick
Dr Martin Jones, University of York
Dr Ben Thomas White, University of Glasgow
Access to Refugee Protection in the Middle East
Funded by: Leverhulme Trust, Project Start Date 01-10-2017 - Project End Date 31.03.2019
Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat: Mapping and documenting migratory journeys and experiences
with Vicki Squire, Nick Vaughan-Williams, Funded by: ESRC, Project Start Date 01-09-2015 - Project End Date 31-08-2019
The Effect of Legal Status on the Human Rights and Access to Services of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan
Funded by: British Academy, Project Start Date 01-02-2010 - Project End Date 31-10-2010
Launch of Final Report, Report on Data and Displacement, Geneva Sept 2024. See website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/dataanddisplacement/data-displacement/
Launch of Final Report, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat, Brussels 4 May 2017
Second Evidence Findings, ESRC-funded project, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat, Athens, 11 November 2016
Preliminary Findings, ESRC-funded project, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat, Brussels 16 February 2016
'UNHCR and the Middle East: A Shifting Dynamic?', Refugee Law Initiative Blog, 14 July 2021: https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/07/14/unhcr-and-the-middle-east-a-shifting-dynamic/
Presentation on current refugee situation in the Middle East, Refugees Welcome in Rugby., 25 January 2017
UN Association, Warwick & District, 'Refugees - whose responsibility are they?', 23 January 2016
Presentation, University of Warwick, UNICEF, 'Syrian refugees and access to Europe', 30 November 2015
Data and Displacement project in collaboration with IOM. See website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/dataanddisplacement/data-displacement/
Presentation to UNESCO on Access to Education for refugee children and contribution to drafting of new Policy Statement on Refugees and the Right to Education, 2019
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD supervisees. However, please ensure that you have a research proposal which corresponds with the University of Warwick Law School requirements.
I particularly welcome applications from prospective PhD students in the refugee and asylum law fields.
Current PhD students
- Eman Bany Saeed (2024-): 'Stateless persons in Jordan and Access to Justice: A Focus on Women's and Children's Rights'
- Susan Deeb (joint supervision)(2024-): 'The impact of armed conflict on doctoral studies in Syria'
- Esmaeil Alsaghir (joint supervision)(2021-): 'Sovereignty Reconsidered: Regional Approaches and Application to Syria'
- Fatima Dilahan Bice Kurtoglu (2022-): 'A Socio-Legal Study of The Individual In Everyday Realities of Asylum Process: The Case of Greece'
Past PhD Students
Ahmad Akkad (joint supervision)(2020-2023): ‘The role of displaced academics in post-conflict reconstruction: A longitudinal study of displaced Syrian academics’
Yasemin Karadag (2017-2022): 'Legal Integration of Syrian Refugees in Berlin, Germany: A Socio-Legal Study'
Jasmin Fritzsche EL-Shewy (Completed 2022): 'HOMESCAPES. The Secondary Forced Displacement of Palestinian-Syrian Refugees'
Benjamin Hulme (joint supervision)(2015-2020): 'Readmission and the European Union’s Founding Values’
Irem Sengul (2015-2020): 'Rethinking Temporary Protection in Turkey: Legality, Uncertainty and Homemaking in the City of Gaziantep'
Lisa Shamseldin (joint supervision)(2002-2006): 'Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 in the Care and Protection of Unaccompanied Children in England, Ireland and Sweden'
Ekuru Aukot (joint)(completed 2006): Protection of Refugees in Kenya
- TRT Istanbul, TV, debate on Turkey's approach to refugee migration to the EU, 23 September 2015
- Sky News With Kay Burley, Sky News, Date: 15 Sep 2015 at 15:30, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- Sky News with Anna Jones, Sky News, Date: 11 September 2015 at 12.30, commenting on distinction between refugees and migration and current EU policy
- ITV Central, Date Friday 4 September at 18.00, commenting on Government's agreement to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK over the next five years
- Interview with Heidi Plougsgaard Jensen, EU and NATO Correspondent, Jyllands-Posten - Denmark's biggest daily newspaper, 2 September 2015
- BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Radio, 15 June 2015 at 17.00, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- 'Four mistakes Theresa May has made about the crisis in the Mediterranean', The Conversation, 14 May 2015
- BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Radio, 11 May 2015 at 17.15, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- Sky News with Dermot Murnaghan, Sky News, Date: 11 May 2015 at 11.40, explaining basic principles of refugee law
- 'Why Europe must do more for refugees', Lacuna Magazine, 28 April 2015
- Sky News with Adam Boulton, Channel Name; Sky News, Date: 21 April at 11.45, commenting on the new EU Agenda on Migration and implications for the UK
- 'Into the Fire: the Hidden Victims of Austerity', Lacuna Magazine, 2 July 2014
- Launch of Final Report, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by BoatLink opens in a new window, Brussels 4 May 2017
- Presentation on current refugee situation in the Middle East, Refugees Weclome in Rugby., 25 January 2017
- Second Evidence FindingsLink opens in a new window, ESRC-funded project, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by BoatLink opens in a new window, Athens, 11 November 2016
- Preliminary Findings, ESRC-funded project, Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat, Brussels 16 February 2016
- UN Association, Warwick & District, 'Refugees - whose responsibility are they?', 23 January 2016
- Presentation, University of Warwick, UNICEF, 'Syrian refugees and access to Europe', 30 November 2015
- TRT Istanbul, TV, debate on Turkey's approach to refugee migration to the EU, 23 September 2015
- Sky News With Kay BurleyLink opens in a new window, Sky News, Date: 15 Sep 2015 at 15:30, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- Sky News with Anna JonesLink opens in a new window, Sky News, Date: 11 September 2015 at 12.30, commenting on distinction between refugees and migration and current EU policy
- ITV Central, Date Friday 4 September at 18.00, commenting on Government's agreement to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK over the next five years
- Interview with Heidi Plougsgaard Jensen, EU and Nato Correspondant, Jyllands-Posten - Denmark's biggest daily newspaper, 2 September 2015
- BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Radio, 15 June 2015 at 17.00, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- 'Four mistakes Theresa May has made about the crisis in the MediterraneanLink opens in a new window', The Conversation, 14 May 2015
- BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Radio, 11 May 2015 at 17.15, commenting on current EU refugee and migration crisis
- Sky News with Dermot MurnaghanLink opens in a new window, Sky News, Date: 11 May 2015 at 11.40, explaining basic principles of refugee law
- 'Why Europe must do more for refugeesLink opens in a new window', Lacuna Magazine, 28 April 2015
- Sky News with Adam BoultonLink opens in a new window, Channel Name; Sky News, Date: 21 April at 11.45, commenting on the new EU Agenda on Migration and implications for the UK
- 'Into the Fire: the Hidden Victims of AusterityLink opens in a new window', Lacuna Magazine, 2 July 2014