Dr Sylvie Da Lomba

Senior Lecturer

Law

Personal statement

My Research interests bring together the areas of international and EU migration law, migration governance, human rights law, vulnerability theory and citizenship. My research is multidisciplinary and has a strong socio-legal dimension.

I have extensively published in the areas of migrants’ social and economic rights, with a focus on irregular migrants and asylum seekers’ right to health care; migrants and the European Convention on Human Rights; human rights and migration governance; vulnerability theory and migration law and policy; EU asylum law and policy; migrants and citizenship; and refugee integration.

I have conducted research projects with the Scottish Refugee Council and the British Red Cross in the area of migrants and asylum seekers’ rights.

I was a visiting scholar at the University of Montreal and the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

I am a member of the editorial board of Laws.

I represent the University of Strathclyde on the Board of Directors of the Glasgow-based Ethnic Minorities Law Centre in my capacity as Special Director.

I currently teach European Union Law (undergraduate core class on LLB and BA programmes) and International Migration Law (postgraduate class).

I am a member of the Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE).

I was the Director for Postgraduate Research in the Law School from 2015 to 2020. 

I welcome applications for postgraduate research (PhD and MPhil) in the following areas:

-          Migrants’ human rights.

-          EU asylum and migration laws and policies.

-          Migration governance.

-          International migration law.

-          International refugee law.

-          Refugee and migrant integration.   

-          EU citizenship.

-          Social and economic rights.

 

Publications

Post-enlargement solidarity and free movement in the European Union
Zahn Rebecca, Da Lomba Sylvie
UACES 2022 Annual Conference (2022)
Unconditional hospitality in times of Covid-19 : rethinking social welfare provisions for asylum seekers in Scotland through ethical vulnerability analysis
Da Lomba Sylvie, Vermeylen Saskia
International Journal of Law in Context (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552322000192
Refugees from Ukraine : towards more humane asylum policies in the EU and the UK?
Da Lomba Sylvie
(2022)
Scotland's (In)hospitality towards migrants : asylum seekers' rights in Scotland
Da Lomba Sylvie
Scotland's (In)hospitality Towards Migrants (2021)
A historical perspective on solidarity and integration : the case of the free movement of workers
Da Lomba Sylvie, ZAHN Rebecca
Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference 2021 (2021)
Rethinking vulnerability as a radically ethical device : ethical vulnerability analysis and the EU 'migration' crisis
Da Lomba Sylvie, Vermeylen Saskia
Vulnerability in Times of Crisis (2021)

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Professional activities

UACES Annual Conference
Speaker
2022
SLS Annual Conference
Speaker
2021
Keynote on ‘Humanising the EU’s Migration Policy: Recognising Irregular Migrants’ Humanity’
Speaker
30/1/2020
‘Rethinking the Common European Asylum System’
Speaker
15/3/2019
Brexit and Scottish Legal Education
Speaker
15/10/2018
The future of EU Law Teaching after Brexit
Speaker
2/5/2017

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Projects

GCRF One Ocean Hub
Morgera, Elisa (Principal Investigator) Baum, Thomas (Co-investigator) Cathcart, Alison (Co-investigator) Clark, Bryan (Co-investigator) Da Lomba, Sylvie (Co-investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator) Revie, Matthew (Co-investigator) Sindico, Francesco (Co-investigator) Switzer, Stephanie (Co-investigator) Vermeylen, Saskia (Co-investigator) Webster, Elaine (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
13-Jan-2019 - 12-Jan-2024
The asylum process and access to maternity care services - Glasgow case study
Quinn, Neil (Principal Investigator) Da Lomba, Sylvie (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2016
BTG: Promoting the health and well-being of ethnic minority families in Glasgow
Sime, Daniela (Academic) Quinn, Neil (Academic) Meer, Nasar (Academic) Da Lomba, Sylvie (Academic) Garvey, Brian (Academic) Fassetta, Giovanna (Academic) Siebelt, Lindsay (Academic) Moore-Milne, Keith (Co-investigator)

16-Jan-2014 - 15-Jan-2015
Women Asylum Seekers’ Access to Free NHS Maternity Care in Glasgow after a Negative Decision on their Asylum Claim
Da Lomba, Sylvie (Principal Investigator)
The project aims to investigate female asylum seekers’ experiences of accessing NHS maternity care in Glasgow after a negative decision on their asylum claim with a view to assessing the adequacy and implementation of statutory regulations and Scottish Government guidance, and measuring the current legal and policy framework in Scotland against international human rights obligations.
16-Jan-2012 - 23-Jan-2014

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