Katy Long is a researcher and a writer whose works explore the causes and consequences of migration for migrants, citizens and communities. Long held the distinction of being a visiting scholar at Stanford University, as well as holding a professorship at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. Long has also worked at Oxford’s London School of Economics, Edinburgh University and for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in their Policy Development and Evaluation Service in Geneva.
Her first book, The Point of No Return: Refugees, Rights and Repatriation was published in 2013 by Oxford University Press. She also co-edited, The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.