Simon Robins (2025), Disappearance: new perspectives<\/a>, Journal of Disappearance Studies<\/em>, 1(1).\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n- \r\n
Magdalena Arias Cubas, Sanjana Bhardwaj, Simon Robins and Jill Stockwell, Separation of children: causes, impacts and mitigation strategies<\/a>, Forced Migration Review<\/em> 75, May 2025<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n- Book review: Gra\u017cyna Baranowska Rights of Families of Disappeared Persons: How International Bodies Address the Needs of Families of Disappeared Persons in Europe<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0– in Historical Dialogues.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- A CSVR project: Mainstreaming popular participation in transitional justice in Africa<\/a> (2025). An empirical project engaging in The Gambia, Somalia and with
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<\/a> multilateral actors, producing practical guidance on enhancing popular participation in TJ. All outputs, including policy briefs and full reports, can be found here<\/a>. I led the multilateral research: Mainstreaming Popular Participation in Transitional Justice: Lessons from Multilateral, State and Civil Society Actors in The Gambia and Somalia<\/a><\/li>\r\n- Robins, Simon and Jill Stockwell (2024) Addressing missing persons arising from armed conflict as a driver of peace: Towards a research agenda<\/a>, International Review of the Red Cross, Oct. 2024.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon and Lia Kent (2024) Towards a spectral forensics: spirits as epistemic resources in responses to the dead and missing<\/a>, The International Journal of Human Rights, <\/em>Aug. 2024.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2024) The <\/a>Politics of Ambiguous Loss: Missing Persons and Social Ecologies after Armed Conflict<\/a>, <\/span>Journal of Human Rights Practice<\/em>, Aug., 2024.<\/span><\/li>\r\n
- Boss, Pauline and Simon Robins (2023) Names Without Bodies and Bodies Without Names: Ambiguous Loss and Closure after Enforced Disappearance<\/a>, in Maria Giovanna Bianchi and Monica Luci (eds), The Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Between Law and Psyche<\/em>, Routledge.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Paul Gready, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Guti\u00e9rrez Danton, Piergiuseppe Parisi and Simon Robins (2023) Transitional justice as a driver of transformation in Colombia<\/a>, CAPAZ. (Spanish version<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2023). Toward a necropolitics of uncertainty: A review of The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe 2000\u20132020: Bones, Rumors & Spirits<\/a>, by Joost Fontein. Rochester, NY: James Currey, 2022.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon and Paul Gready (eds.) (2022) Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Innovations, Continuities, Challenges<\/a>, Routledge.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon, et al. (2022) Transitional justice from the margins: Collective reparations and Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission<\/a>.\u00a0Political Ge<\/em>ography<\/em> 94.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2021). The Affective Border: Missing Migrants and the Governance of Migrant Bodies at the EU’s Southern Frontier<\/a>. Journal of\u00a0Refugee Studies<\/em>, 34<\/i>(2).<\/li>\r\n
- Gready, Paul and Simon Robins (2020) Transitional Justice and Theories of Change: Towards evaluation as understanding<\/a>,\u00a0International Journal of Transitional Justice<\/em>, 14(2).\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Mirto, Giorgia, et al. (2020) Mourning Missing Migrants: Ambiguous Loss and the Grief of Strangers<\/a>. in: Border Deaths: Causes, Dynamics and Consequences of Migration-Related Mortality<\/i>, edited by Paolo Cuttitta and Tamara Last, Amsterdam University Press, 2020: 103\u201316.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Gready, Paul and Simon Robins (2019) From Transitional to Transformative Justice<\/a><\/em>, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\r\n
- Bhandari, R. K., & Robins, S. (2018). Nepal.<\/a> In\u00a0The Elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition<\/i>. Edward Elgar Publishing.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2018) Missing in Migration: From Research to Practice<\/a>. Practicing Anthropology<\/em> 40(2): 24\u201327.<\/li>\r\n
- Gready, Paul and Simon Robins (2017)\u00a0Rethinking civil society and transitional justice: lessons from social\u00a0movements and new civil society<\/a>,\u00a0The International Journal of Human Rights, <\/em>21(7): <\/span>956-975<\/span>.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2017),\u00a0Failing Victims? The Limits of Transitional Justice in Addressing the Needs of Victims of Violations<\/a>,\u00a0Human Rights and International Legal Discourse<\/em>, 11(1).<\/li>\r\n
- Kovras, Iosif and Simon Robins (2017) Missing Migrants: Deaths at Sea and Unidentified Bodies on Lesbos, in\u00a0Migrating borders and moving times: Temporality and the crossing of borders in Europe<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0edited by Hastings Donnan, Madeleine Hurd, Carolin Leutloff-Grandits, Manchester University Press.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2016) Transition but not Transformation: How Nepal’s liberal peace fails its citizens, in:\u00a0Nepal Transition to Peace: A decade of the Comprehensive Peace Accord<\/em>. Kathmandu: NTTP\/ USAID.<\/li>\r\n
- The Transitional Justice Barometer (2016)\u00a0Contrasting notions of history and collective memory in Tunisia: The teaching of recent history and the figure of Bourguiba today<\/a>, KADEM: Tunis. (French<\/a>) (Arabic<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n
- The Mediterranean Missing Project (2016)\u00a0Missing migrants in the Mediterranean: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis<\/a>, Summary Report.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2016)\u00a0Discursive approaches to ambiguous loss: Theorizing community-based therapy after enforced disappearance<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of Family Theory and Review<\/em> 8(3): 308-323.<\/li>\r\n
- Kovras, Iosif and Simon Robins (2016)\u00a0Death as the Border: Managing Missing Migrants and Unidentified Bodies at the EU’s Mediterranean Frontier<\/a>,\u00a0Political Geography<\/em> 55: 40-49.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon, Ram Kumar Bhandari and the ex-PLA Research Group (2016)\u00a0Poverty, stigma and alienation: Reintegration challenges of ex-Maoist combatants in Nepal<\/a>\u00a0(English) (Nepali<\/a>), York: CAHR. (Briefing note<\/a>\u00a0also available)<\/li>\r\n
- The Transitional Justice Barometer (2016)\u00a0The “victim zone” and collective reparations in Tunisia: Ain Draham and Sidi Makhlouf: “So rich and yet so poor”<\/a>, KADEM: Tunis.\u00a0(French<\/a>) (Arabic<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2016)\u00a0Book Review<\/a>\u00a0Unbribable Bosnia and Herzegovina:\u00a0The Fight for The Commons,\u00a0Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon <\/span>\u00a0(2015)<\/span>\u00a0Corpses as Political Subjects<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0Death Studies<\/em>,<\/span>\u00a039:10.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- \u00a0Robins, Simon and Wilson, Erik (2015)\u00a0Participatory Methodologies with Victims: An Emancipatory Approach to Transitional Justice Research<\/a>,\u00a0Canadian Journal of Law and Society<\/em>, 30(2).<\/li>\r\n
- The Transitional Justice Barometer (2015)\u00a0Victim Participation in Tunisia’s Transitional Justice process<\/a>\u00a0(English) (Arabic<\/a>)\u00a0(French<\/a>).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2015)\u00a0Ambiguous Loss and Addressing Legacies of Disappearance in Conflict,<\/a>\u00a0NCFR Report Magazine<\/em>.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Kurze, A, Lamont, C. and Robins. S. (2015) Contested spaces of transitional justice: Legal empowerment in global post-conflict contexts revisited<\/a>,\u00a0International Journal of Human Rights<\/em>,\u00a019 (3).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2015)\u00a0Mapping a Future for Transitional Justice by Learning from Its Past<\/a>,\u00a0Int. Journal of Transitional Justice<\/em>, 9:181-190.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon; Iosif Kovras and Anna Vallianatou (2014)\u00a0Addressing Migrant Bodies on Europe’s Southern Frontier: An agenda for research and practice<\/a>. Briefing Paper. (A summary version can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.)<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2014)\u00a0Constructing Meaning from Disappearance: Local Memorialisation of the Missing in Nepal<\/a>.\u00a0International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 8(1)<\/em>.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Gready, Paul and Simon Robins (2014)\u00a0From Transitional to Transformative Justice: A New Agenda for Practic<\/a>e. Int. Journal of Transitional Justice,\u00a0 8(3).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon (2014)\u00a0Book Review<\/a>: Jessica Auchter, The Politics of Haunting and Memory in International Relations, London and New York: Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, Simon; Iosif Kovras and Anna Vallianatou (2014)\u00a0Addressing Migrant Bodies on Europe’s Southern Frontier: An agenda for research and practice<\/a>. Briefing Paper. (A summary version can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.)<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2013)\u00a0Toward Victim-centered Transitional Justice: Nepal and Timor-Leste<\/a>, Middle East Institute: Middle East-Asia Project (MAP) series on ‘Pathways to Transitional Justice in the Arab World – Reflections on the Asia Pacific Experience.’<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2013)\u00a0Families of the Missing: A Test for Contemporary Approaches to Transitional Justice<\/a>, New York \/ London: Routledge Glasshouse. This is the book of my PhD work with families in Nepal and Timor-Leste.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2013)\u00a0Book Review<\/a>: Jenny Edkins, Missing: Persons and Politics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2011. Social & Legal Studies<\/em> 22(1) 133 -146.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2013) ‘An empirical approach to post-conflict legitimacy: Victims’ needs and the everyday<\/a>‘, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding<\/em> 7 (1).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S and Ram Kumar Bhandari (2012), ‘From victims to actors: Mobilising victims to drive transitional justice process’, NEFAD: Kathmandu.This is the report of a participatory action research project funded by the Berghof Foundation and conducted in collaboration with NEFAD, the National Network of Families of the Disappeared and Missing, Nepal. It aims to understand how victims of conflict can become agents in addressing the legacies of violence. The following documents are available:\r\n
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- The research\u00a0report<\/a><\/li>\r\n
- A summary of the research and the NEFAD Plan of Action (English<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nepali<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n
- Conflict Victims’ Committee, Bardiya:\u00a0Building a Family Association: Lessons learned<\/a>\u00a0(Nepali)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2012), Book review:\u00a0Gender in Transitional Justice<\/a>. Edited by Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ruth Stanley. Hampshire, UK and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Pp. 297. Historical Justice and Memory Network.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2012) ‘Transitional justice as an elite discourse: Human rights practice between the global and the local in post-conflict Nepal<\/a>‘, Critical Asian Studies<\/em>, 44(1).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2012) ‘Challenging the therapeutic ethic: A victim-centred evaluation of transitional justice process in Timor-Leste<\/a>‘, Int. Journal of Transitional Justice<\/em>, 6(1):\u00a0 1-23.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2011) ‘Addressing the needs of families of the Missing:\u00a0 A test of contemporary approaches to transitional justice’, PhD Thesis. York, UK: PRDU, University of York.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2011)\u00a0‘To Live as Other Kenyans Do’: A Study of the Reparative Demands of Kenyan Victims of Human Rights Vi<\/a>olations, Nairobi: International Center for Transitional Justice. (A summary in Kiswahili is also available\u00a0here<\/a>, and a launch video of the report\u00a0here<\/a>.)<\/li>\r\n
- H. Wasti, P. Mahat, R. Karn & S. Robins (2011), ‘Victims’ families needs for truth and justice – Challenges for human rights groups and the Nepali justice system’ in\u00a0We need the truth: Enforced Disappearances in Asia<\/a>, ECAP, Guatemala.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2011), ‘Towards victim-centred transitional justice: Understanding the needs of families of the disappeared in postconflict Nepal<\/a>‘, Int. Journal of Transitional Justice 5(1), March 2011.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2010), ‘Ambiguous loss in a non-Western context: Families of the disappeared in post-conflict Nepal<\/a>‘, Family Relations 59 (July 2010): 253 – 268.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2010)\u00a0Book review<\/a>:\u00a0Hugo van der Merwe, Victoria Baxter and Audrey R. Chapman (eds.) Assessing the impact of transitional justice: Challenges for empirical research (Washington USIP Press, 2009)”, Millenium Journal of International Studies 39: 588.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2010) ‘Towards a victim-centred transitional justice:\u00a0Understanding the needs of wives of the disappeared in\u00a0Nepal<\/a>‘, Conference paper presented at ISA\u00a02010, New Orleans, 17-20 Feb. 2010.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2010), ‘An assessment of the needs of families of the Missing in Timor-Leste’<\/a>, York:\u00a0PRDU. (A briefer version of this report published by ICRC\u00a0 can be found here:\u00a0Needs of families of the Missing in Timor-Leste (English)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tetun,<\/a>Portuguese<\/a>,\u00a0Indonesian<\/a>.)<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2010) A participatory approach to ethnographic research with victims of gross human rights violations:\u00a0 Studying families of the disappeared in post-conflict Nepal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, in Ozerdem, A. and Bowd, R. (eds),\u00a0Participatory Research Methodologies in Development and Post Disaster\/Conflict Reconstruction<\/a>, Ashgate, 2010.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S., (2009),\u00a0Whose voices?\u00a0Understanding victims’ views of transition<\/a>, Journal of Human Rights Practice, 1(2):\u00a0320 (2009).<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2009),\u00a0‘Restorative approaches to criminal justice in Africa: The case of Uganda<\/a>‘, in: The Theory and Practice of Criminal Justice in Africa, (African Human Security Inititaive)\u00a0ISS\u00a0Monograph series no. 161<\/a>, June 2009.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2009)\u00a0Book review<\/a>:\u00a0Pouligny, B., S. Chesterman and A. Schnabel (eds.), After Mass Crime: Rebuilding States and Communities, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, (2007). Breen Smyth, M., Truth Recovery and Justice After Conflict: Managing Violent Pasts, New York: Routledge, (2007), Millennium Journal of International Studies, 37.3, March 2009.<\/li>\r\n
- Robins, S. (2009) ‘An assessment of the needs of families of the Missing in Nepal’<\/a>, York:\u00a0PRDU. (A briefer version of this report published by ICRC\u00a0Nepal can be found here:\u00a0Families of Missing persons in Nepal:\u00a0A study of their needs (English)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nepali<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a selection of my recent published academic work. Simon Robins and Jill Stockwell (2026) Missing persons and peacebuilding: The transformative role of families of the missing, International Review of the Red Cross, April 2026.\u00a0 Simon Robins and Laura Huttunen (2025) Introduction: missing persons as an analytical lens on human rights practice, Journal of … <\/p>\n
- A summary of the research and the NEFAD Plan of Action (English<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nepali<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n
- The Transitional Justice Barometer (2015)\u00a0Victim Participation in Tunisia’s Transitional Justice process<\/a>\u00a0(English) (Arabic<\/a>)\u00a0(French<\/a>).<\/li>\r\n
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