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Dr Alice M Nah
Senior Lecturer

Biography

Alice is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Applied Human Rights.

She conducts research on the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk, and on asylum and migration in Asia.

She has been invited by governments, intergovernmental bodies, and civil society actors to participate in dialogues as an independent expert on the security and protection of defenders at risk and on forced migration in Asia.

Alice is one of the co-founders of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, which advocates for the rights of refugees and others in need of protection in the Asia Pacific region. She chairs the Boards of the International Detention Coalition, a global network that advocates to secure the human rights of people impacted by and at-risk of immigration detention, and Protection International, an international network that supports human rights defenders in developing their security and protection management strategies.

Alice is a judge on the Ockenden International Prizes, which support locally-based and/or refugee-led organisations that work directly with refugees and displaced people to advance self-reliance. In 2009, the US State Department presented Alice with a TIP Report Hero Acting to End Modern Slavery Award.

Before joining CAHR, Alice held an Endeavour Cheung Kong Research Fellowship at Monash University, Melbourne; the President's Graduate Fellowship and postgraduate research scholarships at the National University of Singapore; and a visiting fellowship with the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

Alice gained a PhD and M.Soc.Sci. at the National University of Singapore. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds as a Chevening Scholar. 

Departmental roles

At CAHR, Alice convenes the MA in Applied Human Rights, and is a member of the Politics Graduate Taught and Research Committee.

University roles

Alice is on the University of Sanctuary monitoring and evaluation group, and is a member of York Migration Network and the York Asia Research Network.

Contact details

Dr Alice M Nah
Lecturer
Centre for Applied Human Rights
University of York
6 Innovation Close
Science Park
Heslington, York
YO10 5ZF

Tel: +44 (0)1904 325824

Office hours

Wednesdays 11:30-12:30 and Fridays 11:30 - 12:30

(Autumn term 2021)

For an appointment please email alice.nah@york.ac.uk