Laura Smith-Khan

School of Law, University of New England (Australia) 

Research themes: Multilingualism, translation, interpreting and linguistic inequality || Communication, media and discourse || Migration law, migrants’ rights and legal Identity || Borders, migration governance and people on the move

Dr Laura Smith-Khan is the first external affiliated member of CESSMIR. She is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of New England, Australia. From 2019 to 2024 she was Chancellor's Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research is interested in the participation of marginalized groups in migration processes. In 2022 she won the Max Crawford Medal, the most prestigious prize in Australia for achievement and promises in the humanities. She co-founded the Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers' Network. In her most recent research Dr Smith-Khan is examining the communication, regulation and education of migration advisors. She has conducted extensive research on language and credibility in asylum procedures and public discourse, and has also worked on a groundbreaking multi-country project on disability in forced migration. She is a member of the Language on the Move research group.