Jay Ramasubramanyam is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Law & Society Program at York University, Toronto. Professor Ramasubramanyam obtained his B.A. in Criminology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2009). He received a Postgraduate Diploma and LL.M. in International Human Rights from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (2011) and his Ph.D. from the Department of Law and Legal Studies and the Institute of Political Economy, at Carleton University (2021).

He is a global south migration researcher. His research expertise includes forced migration, international refugee law, statelessness, third world approaches to international law, human rights, race and racialization, postcolonial theory, and South Asian studies. His research explores the asymmetries of power, knowledge production and the ostensible legitimacy of norms in the field of refugee studies and refugee law.

His article on refugee law in the Indian subcontinent was published in the Asian Yearbook of International Law. In addition to this, he has written two book chapters in The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law. He formerly taught in Carleton University in the areas of social justice and human rights, refugee rights, international law, and race and racialization. In recognition of his teaching excellence, he won the Contract Instructor Teaching Award in 2021.

He was formerly a visiting scholar in the American Bar Association in Washington D.C., and a visiting researcher at the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law in Sydney, Australia.

Prior to his academic career, he was employed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a Refugee Status Determination Associate and in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a Protection Field Officer.

Research Interests

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Winter 2025	GS/SOCI6893 3.0	M	Colonialism, Race & the Law: Sociologic	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC2351 6.0	A	Human Rights in a Social-Legal Context	LECT
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC4350 6.0	B	Law and Society Honours Seminar	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC3391 6.0	A	Social Diversity and the Law	SEMR

Jay Ramasubramanyam is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Law & Society Program at York University, Toronto. Professor Ramasubramanyam obtained his B.A. in Criminology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2009). He received a Postgraduate Diploma and LL.M. in International Human Rights from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (2011) and his Ph.D. from the Department of Law and Legal Studies and the Institute of Political Economy, at Carleton University (2021).

He is a global south migration researcher. His research expertise includes forced migration, international refugee law, statelessness, third world approaches to international law, human rights, race and racialization, postcolonial theory, and South Asian studies. His research explores the asymmetries of power, knowledge production and the ostensible legitimacy of norms in the field of refugee studies and refugee law.

His article on refugee law in the Indian subcontinent was published in the Asian Yearbook of International Law. In addition to this, he has written two book chapters in The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law. He formerly taught in Carleton University in the areas of social justice and human rights, refugee rights, international law, and race and racialization. In recognition of his teaching excellence, he won the Contract Instructor Teaching Award in 2021.

He was formerly a visiting scholar in the American Bar Association in Washington D.C., and a visiting researcher at the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law in Sydney, Australia.

Prior to his academic career, he was employed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a Refugee Status Determination Associate and in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a Protection Field Officer.

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy (Legal Studies and Political Economy), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Master of Law (International Human Rights) , Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Diploma, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts (Criminology), Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Research Interests

Current Courses

Term	Course Number	Section	Title	Type
Winter 2025	GS/SOCI6893 3.0	M	Colonialism, Race & the Law: Sociologic	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC2351 6.0	A	Human Rights in a Social-Legal Context	LECT
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC4350 6.0	B	Law and Society Honours Seminar	SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024	AP/SOSC3391 6.0	A	Social Diversity and the Law	SEMR