The International Observatory on Statelessness is managed by a team based in London, Nairobi, Bangkok and Washington, D.C. and is guided by an advisory board of international experts..... The International Observatory on Statelessness was created in March 2007 as a collaborative project between Oxford Brookes University and the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford to: * collate national data on patterns, types and conditions of statelessness to further knowledge; *promote research on patterns and causes of statelessness by means of gathering data on the state of nationality and citizenship legislation, systems of protection, and factors that contribute to the problem of statelessness; *act as a clearinghouse for NGOs, academics, advocacy groups and policy-makers working on issues of statelessness.