Romit is broadly interested in forced migration and postcolonialism. He has developed a specialism in International Refugee Law as well as International Human Rights Law.

His first book examined how powerful states used the law to both contain refugees within their region of origin and promote the language of humanitarianism. 

Work is currently underway on a second book, Rethinking the Foundations of Refugee Law, with Professor and Upper Tribunal Judge Satvinder Juss. 

He holds an ASPiRE Fellowship 2021 - 2023, joining the Centre of Peace, Trust and Social Relations.

Romit teaches a range of private law subjects - Tort Law, Contract Law as well as Equity and Trusts. He has taught Research Design at LLM level. He has experience of leading several modules relating to International Law: Public International Law, International Human Rights Law and International Refugee Law. He supervises LLB, LLM dissertations and has been involved in several PhD progress report panels. He provides pastoral care as a Success Coach.

He holds additional positions of responsibility:

- Lead of the CLS Forum

- Lead of the Human Rights Special Interest Group

- Co-convenor of the Critical International Law Reading Group.

He has previously taught at King's College London, the University of Essex and Birkbeck University. He was the Deputy Director of Essex's Human Rights Summer School. He has acted a Research Associate on two separate projects at King's College London. He has also worked as a consultant for the BBC and a policy analyst for several Africa-focused political organisations.