Emma Marshall is based in Geography at the University of Exeter in the UK and currently holds an ESRC studentship within the South West Doctoral Training Centre. She graduated with a degree in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick in 2007, followed by a Masters in International Human Rights Law from the University of Exeter. She has six years experience of working with asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, and her research focuses on how protection gaps that emerge from legal and policy frameworks can be addressed.