People
Find out about the people who were part of the Migrating out of Poverty project.
Our partners in Africa
The African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa:
- Director - Loren Landau
- Gender and Generation lead - Vupenyu Dzingirai
- Income and Remittances lead - Kefasi Nyikahadzoi
- Communications and Research Uptake officer - Kuda Vanyoro.
The Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana:
- Director and Migration Industry lead - Mariama Awumbila
- Gender and Generation lead - Akosua K. Darkwah
- Income and Remittances lead - Joseph K. Teye
- Communications and Research Uptake officer - Abdul Rauf Zanya Salifu.
The Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Ethiopia:
- Director - Truphena Mukuna
- Migration Industry lead - Fekadu Adugna Tufa
- Gender and Generation lead - Adamnesh Atnafu
- Income and Remittances lead - Asmelash Haile Tsegay
- Communications and Research Uptake officer - Alemu Tesfaye.
L'université Assane Seck Ziguinchor, Senegal:
- Migration Industry lead - Doudou Gueye
- Gender and Generation lead - Benoît Tine
- Communications and Research Uptake officer - Henri-Pierre Koubaka.
Migrating out of Poverty was coordinated out of the University of Sussex in the UK:
- Research Director and Migration Industry lead - Priya Deshingkar
- Theme Leader for Quantitative Research and Income and Remittances lead - Julie Litchfield
- Theme Leader for Gender Mainstreaming and Qualitative Research and Gender and Generation lead - Dorte Thorsen
- Executive Director - Robert Nurick
- Project manager - Allison Baldasare.
Executive Board:
Read more about our research strands and our theme leaders [PDF 1MB].