Experience

Mixed Migration Centre (MMC)

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC)

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  Netherlands Responsible for the establishment and development, strategic direction, management, research quality, external representation, positioning and policy development and fundraising of the Mixed Migration Centre.



Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp

• Denmark
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy and Research Coordinator, Global Mixed Migration Secretariat

  • Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  Geneva Area, Switzerland



Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat

• Coordinator

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

  Nairobi As the RMMS coordinator I am responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, including management of the Secretariat, developing its expanding role in the region and beyond, maintaining its current activities and deliverables as established in recent years, staff management and overall management of the Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism initiative (4Mi)

• Migration Specialist

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Nairobi As the RMMS Migration Specialist, I am involved in, and managing, a range of research projects on mixed migration within and beyond the Horn of Africa and Yemen region. I am also providing technical support to and ensuring coordination between the other regional mixed migration hubs within the Danish Refugee Council, including in West Africa, the Central and South West Asia region and the Middle East and North Africa. Other responsibilities include drafting of briefing and discussion papers… Show more As the RMMS Migration Specialist, I am involved in, and managing, a range of research projects on mixed migration within and beyond the Horn of Africa and Yemen region. I am also providing technical support to and ensuring coordination between the other regional mixed migration hubs within the Danish Refugee Council, including in West Africa, the Central and South West Asia region and the Middle East and North Africa. Other responsibilities include drafting of briefing and discussion papers, feature articles and external representation of RMMS in international conferences and seminars.

• Coordinator

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

  Nairobi As the RMMS coordinator I was responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, including management of the Secretariat, developing its expanding role in the region and beyond and maintaining its current activities and deliverables as established in recent years.

• Senior Research Associate

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2016

  Nairobi Research consultancies on mixed migration 1: Migrant Smuggling in the Horn of Africa and Yemen 2: Mixed Migration flows in Kenya 3: Responses (government and non-state actors) to Mixed Migration in the Horn of Africa and Yemen 4: Western Movement: Scale and Nature of Mixed Migration from the Horn of Africa (mainly Eritrea, Somalia) through Sudan to Libya and Europe 5: Mixed Migration and Saudi Arabia: understanding regular and irregular migration in a context of rapid change… Show more Research consultancies on mixed migration 1: Migrant Smuggling in the Horn of Africa and Yemen 2: Mixed Migration flows in Kenya 3: Responses (government and non-state actors) to Mixed Migration in the Horn of Africa and Yemen 4: Western Movement: Scale and Nature of Mixed Migration from the Horn of Africa (mainly Eritrea, Somalia) through Sudan to Libya and Europe 5: Mixed Migration and Saudi Arabia: understanding regular and irregular migration in a context of rapid change. 6: Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Ethiopian migrants to and through Yemen, specific focus on protection risks and migration drivers (writing the final report, based on survey results) 7: Discussion paper: What if existing migration policy and laws in the Horn of Africa and Yemen were actually implemented and enforced? 8: Study on Immigration Detention in East & Horn of Africa 9: Study on Migration and Development in the East and Horn of Africa



Independent Consultancy

• Independent Consultant in migration research and evaluations

  • Dec 2012 - Jan 2016

  Nairobi, Kenya Independent consultant in migration research and evaluation, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that I worked as a senior policy researcher and project manager at Panteia/Research voor Beleid in the Netherlands. I have extensive experience in policy research, consultancy and evaluation. Main areas of expertise are (labour) migration, migrant smuggling and human trafficking, migration and development, integration, diversity and employment. Some examples of projects I worked on: - Baseline… Show more Independent consultant in migration research and evaluation, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that I worked as a senior policy researcher and project manager at Panteia/Research voor Beleid in the Netherlands. I have extensive experience in policy research, consultancy and evaluation. Main areas of expertise are (labour) migration, migrant smuggling and human trafficking, migration and development, integration, diversity and employment. Some examples of projects I worked on: - Baseline Assessment for a digital remittance booklet to inform Kenyan diaspora (for IOM / ACP EU Migration Action). - Supporting UNICEF Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda country offices on strategies to reach mobile populations with polio vaccination - Study on Migration and Development in the East and Horn of Africa - Assessment study on maritime movement/mixed migration/human trafficking of Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladesh to Malaysia - Literature study on migrant smuggling and human trafficking along the Southern route from East Africa and the Horn towards Southern Africa - Consultancy / Technical Assistance on Mixed Migration / Mobile Populations to support polio vaccination (UNICEF Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia) - Study on Immigration Detention in East & Horn of Africa region - Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Ethiopians migrating to and through Yemen - Study on the scale and nature of mixed migration from the Horn of Africa (mainly Eritrea, Somalia) through Sudan to Libya and Europe - Mixed Migration to Saudi Arabia - Responses to mixed migration in the Horn of Africa, Yemen, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda & Tanzania - Study on Mixed Migration in Kenya - Study on Migrant Smuggling in the Horn of Africa & Yemen - External evaluation ILO's approach to global labour migration (International Labour Organization) - Evaluation of Dutch international Migration and Development policy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Show less



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mixed migration and mobile populations consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  East Africa - Supporting UNICEF Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda country offices on strategies to reach migrant and other mobile populations (especially nomadic pastoralists) with polio vaccination - Assessment on progress and lessons learned in reaching mobile populations for Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia - Collecting data and information on mobile populations in South Sudan and Uganda - Field trips Kenya (Turkana, Garissa, Narok), South Sudan (Juba), Uganda (Karamoja), Ethiopia… Show more - Supporting UNICEF Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda country offices on strategies to reach migrant and other mobile populations (especially nomadic pastoralists) with polio vaccination - Assessment on progress and lessons learned in reaching mobile populations for Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia - Collecting data and information on mobile populations in South Sudan and Uganda - Field trips Kenya (Turkana, Garissa, Narok), South Sudan (Juba), Uganda (Karamoja), Ethiopia (Somali region) Show less



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mixed Migration / Mobile Population Consultant

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  Nairobi Supporting the UNICEF Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia country offices in operationalizing flexible strategies and action plans to reach mobile population (including nomadic pastoralists) with polio campaigns.



Panteia

• Netherlands
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Policy Researcher

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2012

  Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Relevant projects I worked on with Panteia/Research voor Beleid - Evaluation of the Dutch international Migration and Development policy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Study on Labour market integration of migrants in 15 European counties (European Commission, DG EMPL) - Evaluation sustainable return of former asylum-seekers and re-integration in their countries of origin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Scenario study on future migration to and from the Netherlands… Show more Relevant projects I worked on with Panteia/Research voor Beleid - Evaluation of the Dutch international Migration and Development policy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Study on Labour market integration of migrants in 15 European counties (European Commission, DG EMPL) - Evaluation sustainable return of former asylum-seekers and re-integration in their countries of origin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Scenario study on future migration to and from the Netherlands (Ministry of the Interior) - Illegal employment - Organization of Knowledge exchange on civic integration and forced marriages (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) - Pre-study for the Migration and Development Evaluation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Study on Labour market integration non-western migrants (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment) - Study on Labour migration and illegal employment (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment) - Study on Cooperation with diaspora organizations in fighting honour related violence (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Integration) - International comparison of diversity policy in 11 countries (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) - Study on sexual health and behaviour of young migrants in the Netherlands (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports) - Study on the attitudes of army personnel from ethnic minority groups towards homosexuality within the army (Ministry of Defense)

• Policy Researcher

  • Mar 2009 - Apr 2010

• Junior Policy Researcher

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2009



Belastingdienst

• Netherlands
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mortage Inspector

  • Jul 2001 - Nov 2001