Katharine Woolrych

Katharine is a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Migration, Diversity and Justice of the Brussels School of Governance. Previously, she worked as the EU advocacy lead for HIAS, with the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), and on refugee resettlement and inclusion topics in Aotearoa New Zealand. She holds an LL.M. in Human Rights Law with a specialisation in Migration.

Katharine’s research interests include fundamental rights, accountability for extraterritorial border controls, access to asylum and safe pathways for refugees. At the BSoG, her multi-disciplinary legal research focuses on how Europe’s supranational courts assess human rights compliance in the field of migration and refugee law.