(B)OrderS Centre, Queen Mary Law School
Acronym: (B)OrderS
General Information
Identification Code: 695833952962-52
Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-centres/justice-human-rights/study-of-borders-and-migration/
Entity Form: Public University Research Centre
Registration Category: Academic institutions
Registration Date: 2/20/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: The (B)OrderS Centre is the first to undertake an interdisciplinary, systematic, and legally grounded exploration of the means and modes of borders and their implications for ordering and othering within and beyond the law, paying particular attention to apparently “borderless” phenomena that seem to defy the logics of differentiation inherent in border-making. The illumination of law’s role, from a fully interdisciplinary perspective and with a wide reach spatially, conceptually, and methodologically, sets the (B)OrderS Centre apart from similar ventures, which tend to have a mono-disciplinary basis, a specific geographical focus and traditional understanding of borders, or largely disregard the legal dimension. Migration, climate change, the global health crisis, IT/data governance, as well as the legacies of empire require new ways to conceptualise borders, their “world-making” mechanisms and effects, and the place of legal processes therein, which the (B)OrderS Centre investigates.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Borders and security
- Budget
- Climate action
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Humanitarian aid and civil protection
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
Levels of Interest:
- national
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; EU Immigration, Asylum and Borders acquis; Fundamental Rights; Competences debate; Cooperation with third countries; External Relations.
Communication Activities: As advertised here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-centres/justice-human-rights/study-of-borders-and-migration/events/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 339 Mile End Road
Post Code: E1 4NS
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 44
Phone Number: 2078823936
EU Office
Address: 339 Mile End Road
Post Code: E1 4NS
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 44
Phone Number: 2078823936
Financial Data
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Funding Sources:
- Grants
- Public funding
Contributions:
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 10311: 220
Total Budget: 11691
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Complementary Information: (B)OrderS is a research centre of Queen Mary University of London, financed directly by the University's own funds which it receives in the form of a 10,000 BPD allocation per year to advance research and public engagement in borders, migration and displacement, from a law in context perspective.
Membership Information
Members50 Percent: 3
Members: 3
Members F T E: 1.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Same as above
Organisation Members: • The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) – member.
• UNHCR-led European Academic Refugee Interdisciplinary Network (EARIN) – member.
• Global Migration Law Network – member.
• ICON-S, International Society for Public Law – member
• European Society of International Law (ESIL) – member.
• The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) – member.
• Law and Society Association (LSA) – member.
• Socio-legal Studies Association (SLSA) – member.
• The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) – member.
• OMNIA / Odysseus Network – member.
• International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ) – academic member.
• The Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) – member of EU law working group.
• Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Consultative Forum – member.
• ECRE, CEPS and UNHCR Expert Rosters – academic member.
Current Job Opportunities
Coordinator - Academic institutions
(B)OrderS Centre, Queen Mary Law School
juniorBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
Manager - Think tanks and research institutions
Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute
mid-levelBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025