Lisa Richlen, a Canadian citizen through her mother, is originally from Seattle. She lived in Israel from 2000-2021 and, from 2004-2021 worked as an employee of and a consultant for tens of social change and human rights organizations. n 2021, Richlen completed a PhD at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in the Department of Politics and Government focusing on community organizing amongst Sudanese Darfurian asylum seekers in Israel.

My research interests are forced migration and refugees, ethnicity, diaspora and transnationalism, community organizing, liminality, minority rights and African studies.

Richlen, L., (2021). Liminality As An Antidote? Ethnic Organizing Amongst Darfurian Asylum Seekers in Israel. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.1956559

Richlen, L., (2021).  Imported Conflict? Regime Change in Sudan as a Trigger for Unity Amongst Sudanese in Israel. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2021.1970518

Richlen, L., Representation, Trust and Ethnicity Within Refugee Communities: The Case of Darfurians in Israel. (2021) Journal of Community Development.

Short-Term Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Ben Gurion University of the Negev 2021
Scholarship for Excellent Doctoral Students – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2017-2021