Jérôme Elie completed his Ph.D. in International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), in 2007. His work looked at the end of the Cold War as a period of 'Systemic Transition' and intense reflection on the future of the United Nations. During his Ph.D., he received a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Berne) to spend a year at the University of Dundee (Scotland) and the Gallatin Fellowship to spend a year in Washington, D.C. (USA).

Before being involved with the Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Dr. Elie had developed expertise on the history of the Cold War and the history of the Anglo-American Special Relationship. Since 2006, his main research interests have covered historical perspectives on humanitarian interventions, global migration issues and the history of the UN and its Agencies, as well as International Organizations and NGOs, particularly those involved in migration/refugee issues. He has also developed expertise in archival projects and the history of "Migration and Development". Besides his historical research, Dr. Elie also monitors and comments on the most important developments and issues of the day in the field of migration (migration and development; migration governance; etc.).
He has published articles in the Refugee Survey Quarterly, Global Governance, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Relations Internationales, la Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, and la Revue d'Allemagne et des Pays de Langue Allemande.

In 2006-2007, Dr. Elie was the Research Coordinator of the joint IUHEI/UNHCR archival project "UNHCR and the Global Cold War". Since January 2008, Dr. Elie is the Coordinator of Activities of the Program for the Study of Global Migration. He also acts as the Research Coordinator of the historical project "UNHCR and the Globalization of Refugee Issues, 1951-1989" and as Director of the "UNHCR Archival Project".

Selected Publications Related to Global Migration Issues:

"Migration et développement: les politiques de la Chine et de l’Inde à l’égard de leurs communautés d’outremer”, with: Marylène Lieber and Christine Lutringer, in: Revue internationale de politique de développement, No2, 2011, pp.215-230.

"The Historical Roots of Cooperation Between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration", Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, Vol. 16 No 3, 2010, pp.345-360.

Book Review: “C. J. Bon Tempo, Americans at the Gate: The United States and Refugees during the Cold War, Princeton University Press, 2008”, in: Cold War History, Vol.10, No 1, 2010, pp.137–138.

Book Review: “G. Loescher, A. Betts and J. Milner (eds.): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-first Century, Routledge, 2008”, in: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol.27, No 4, 2008, pp. 187-189.

"UNHCR and Decolonization in Africa: Expansion and Emancipation, 1950s to 1970s", with Prof. Jussi Hanhimäki, in: Archiv für Sozialgeschichte, Band 48 (2008): "Dekolonisation - Prozesse und Verflechtungen (1945-1990)" [Archives for Social History, Vol. 48 (2008): "Decolonization: Processes and Entanglements (1945–1990)"], J.H.W. Dietz Nachf, 2008

"'Protection is the Art of Possible': Relations between UNHCR and the United States in the 1980s – The Case of Displaced Salvadorans", in: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol.27, No.1, 2008, pp.89-103

"The UNHCR and the Cold War: a Documented Reflection on the UN Refugee Agency’s Activities in the Bipolar Context", Working-paper of the joint UNHCR/GIIS/GCSP project on “The UNHCR and the Global Cold War, 1971-1984”, 2007

"Victimes des guerres civiles: le dilemme de l'évaluation doit-il grever l'analyse?", in: Relations Internationales (Paris), No.105, printemps 2001, pp.109-121