Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers in the 1980s to a global field of interest with thousands of students worldwide studying displacement either from traditional disciplinary perspectives or as a core component of newer programmes across the Humanities and Social and Political Sciences. Today the field encompasses both rigorous academic research which may or may not ultimately inform policy and practice, as well as action-research focused on advocating in favour of refugees' needs and rights.

This authoritative Handbook critically evaluates the birth and development of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, and analyses the key contemporary and future challenges faced by academics and practitioners working with and for forcibly displaced populations around the world. The 52 state-of-the-art chapters, written by leading academics, practitioners, and policymakers working in universities, research centres, think tanks, NGOs and international organizations, provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the key intellectual, political, social and institutional challenges arising from mass displacement in the world today. The chapters vividly illustrate the vibrant and engaging debates that characterize this rapidly expanding field of research and practice.

难民和被迫移民研究已经从20世纪80年代相对较少的学者和政策研究人员关注的问题发展成为一个全球关注的领域，全世界有成千上万的学生从传统的学科角度研究流离失所问题，或者作为人文和社会及政治科学新课程的核心组成部分。今天，这一领域既包括严格的学术研究，最终可能为政策和实践提供信息，也包括行动研究，侧重于倡导难民的需求和权利。

这本权威的手册批判性地评估了难民和被迫移民研究的诞生和发展，并分析了与世界各地被迫流离失所人口一起工作的学者和从业者所面临的当代和未来的关键挑战。52个最先进的章节，由在大学、研究中心、智囊团、非政府组织和国际组织工作的主要学者、从业人员和政策制定者撰写，对当今世界大规模流离失所所带来的关键知识、政治、社会和制度挑战进行了全面和前沿的概述。这些章节生动地说明了这一迅速扩大的研究和实践领域所特有的充满活力和吸引力的辩论。