Our Team

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Jacobsen

    Principal Investigator

    Henry J. Leir Professorship in Global Migration, Associate Professor The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  • Carlos Alvarado Quesada

    co-Principal Investigator

    Professor of Practice of Diplomacy, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Advisory Group

  • Katrina Burgess

    Director, Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security

    Professor of Political Economy, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  • John Cerone

    Visiting Professor of International Law,The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  • Alnoor Ebrahim

    Professor of Management, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  • Tamirace Fakhoury

    Associate Professor of International Politics and Conflict, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  • Tsering Gellek

    Director at Sarnath International Nyingma Institute

  • Nassim Majidi

    Founder and Executive Director, Samuel Hall

  • Raphaela Schweiger

    Director - Migration, Immigration Society, Global Issues, Robert Bosch Stiftung

    Director, Migration, Immigration Society, Global Issues at Robert Bosch Stiftung

  • Colleen Thouez

    Founder and Director of the Refugee Resettlement Initiative (RRI), National Association of Higher Education Systems

  • Kimberly Wilson

    Lecturer in Human Security, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Support Team

“Leaders must be able to craft or change the migration narrative. They need strong communications skills especially when it comes to negotiation and persuasion”

— LMI Framework