Ester Nergis Canefe
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| Nationality | Turkish-Canadian |
| Occupation | Scholar, academic |
| Known for | Research on forced migration and human rights |
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| Discipline | Political science, socio-legal studies, human rights |
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| Main interests | Forced migration, international criminal law, citizenship, minority rights, transitional justice |
Ester Nergis Canefe is a scholar of law, politics, and human rights. She is an associate professor in the Department of Politics at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on forced migration, international criminal law, citizenship, and minority rights, with particular attention to the legal and political dimensions of displacement and mass violence.
Academic career
Canefe received her PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University in 1998. She later completed a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) in law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Earlier, she earned a master's degree in sociology from Binghamton University and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.
She joined the faculty of York University in 2003. In addition to her appointment in the Department of Politics, she has been affiliated with interdisciplinary programs including Socio-Legal Studies, Social and Political Thought, and the School of Public Policy and Administration. She previously worked as a faculty member or visiting scholar at institutions including the London School of Economics, Shanghai University, Istanbul Bilgi University, and Boğaziçi University.
Canefe served as associate director of the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University from 2008 to 2013. She has also been involved with the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, serving on its executive board and later as vice president.
Research
Canefe’s scholarship examines the relationship between law, politics, and displacement. Her research addresses topics such as forced migration, crimes against humanity, statelessness, transitional justice, and the politics of memory in post-conflict societies. Much of her work focuses on the Middle East and broader Global South contexts, exploring how political violence, nationalism, and legal institutions shape the experiences of refugees and minority communities.
Her research also engages debates in nationalism studies, diaspora studies, and international human rights law.
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