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We are excited that Dr Phoebe Martin and Dr Yajna Sanguhan recently joined the Relational Harm project. On the project, Phoebe's work will focus on gendered understandings of relational harm, and the Peruvian case study. Initially she will be working on using a reproductive justice framework to consider the impacts of enforced disappearance on parents and children. This draws on her previous research on reproductive justice in Peru which looked at feminist activism relating t

Our first two articles were published from our Special Issue on ‘Forced Separation’ with the International Journal of Human Rights. The special issue is coedited by Rebekka Friedman, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Diana Florez. This interdisciplinary collection examines the extent to which forced family separation can be seen as a distinct and freestanding harm. It covers a range of cases of family separation, including enforced disappearances; child taking; slavery; and contexts of

Stipend-only funding opportunity over three years to start in September 2026. We are delighted to announce a three-year funded PhD studentship for a PhD student to join our ERC project. The proposed PhD thesis should focus on a historical case of family separation and/or reunification during the First or Second World War (including the period immediately after). Interested candidates should email their application materials to Dr Rebekka Friedman by 1 March 2026. The successf