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Nahikari Irastorza (PhD in Humanities, University of Deusto, Spain) is a senior researcher at the Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare of Malmö University. Her research interests include international migration and integration, immigrants’ participation in the labor market, migration policies, mixed marriages and their children. Before moving to Sweden as a Willy Brandt research fellow (2016-2021), she held postdoctoral positions, including a Marie Curie, at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is currently working on two H2020 projects that look at refugee-receiving community relations (FOCUS, 2019-2022) and immigrant integration, as a community making process, in small and medium-size towns and rural areas (Whole-COMM, 2021-2023).

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within Global Politics and Security Programme at Utrikespolitiska Institutet. My work lies at the intersection of global migration governance and public policy, focusing on the political consequences of forced migration.

I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Prior to pursuing my PhD, I was working as a Research Assistant at the Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoç). I received my MA diploma in International Affairs from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and my BA diploma in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Values-driven international development professional with expertise in social development and inclusion, currently working with two Horizon 2020 projects on inclusion of migrant children.

Mohaiminul is a student of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has recently graduated Bachelors of Social Sciences in International Relations in 2022. His undergrad thesis titled "COVID 19 Pandemic and Return Migration of Bangladeshi Temporary Labor Migrant Workers: The Role of Migrant Receiving States." It looked at the underlying reasons of Bangladeshi migrants' return from the Middle East and South East Asian regions in the midst of this pandemic. It argues that the bourgeoning nationalization of labor market in the destination countries and lack of social and legal protection mechanisms for migrant workers are the overriding reasons of migrants' return, rather than the pandemic.

PhD Student at the University of Leicester.
Specializes in Migration and Religion, Comparative Sociology of Migration.

A Ph.D. Student and researcher with a focus on sustainable development and its relation to architecture. My current research is about achieving social sustainability in refugee camps through spaces