Public Engagement
I am committed to contributing to the growth of a strong and inclusive community of scholars in migration and development, creating spaces for dialogue and decentralised knowledge production. To this end, I have taken the lead co-organising seminars, talks, conferences and workshops in different countries and in partnership with colleagues, civil society and professional societies (such as IASFM, SLAS, PILAS, DARG of the RGS-IBG and BSA-MRG among others).
Below are some of the events I have organised.
Organiser IGHD’s 30-year anniversary activities in 2023. This included three major events: i) A 30th Anniversary Conference bringing together researchers, partners, and the wider academic community; ii) A high-profile panel discussion at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, chaired by the Director, with speakers from the Wellcome Trust, WHO, Scottish Refugee Council, Scotland’s International Development Alliance, and the Nossal Institute for Global Health. iii) A photography competition that engaged students, alumni and staff.
Co-organiser Migration Film Series, Centre for the Study of Migration, Queen Mary University of London. February – June 2019. London, UK.
Co-organiser Workshop ‘Displacement and Refugee Protection in Latin America’, Queen Mary University of London. 6 June 2019. London, UK.
Co-organiser Film series ‘Stories of Migration and Belonging’ in partnership with the Showroom Cinema, for the Migration Matters Festival. 19-23 June 2018. Sheffield, UK.
Co-organiser Workshop ‘Understanding the ethics of interdisciplinary research with refugee communities’. 15 June 2018. Funded by UREC.
Co-organiser Workshop and Film Screening – Migration, Belonging and Identity: Women Making Films across the Black Atlantic. 10 May 2018.
Co-organiser MIGPROSP Conference ‘The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance’, 25-26 May 2017. European University Institute, Florence, Italy. http://migrationgovernance.org/index.php/events/
Co-organiser Migration Research Group Postgraduate Annual Conferences (2015-2017)
Co-organiser BSA-MRG Conference ‘Belonging in a post-Brexit-vote Britain: researching race, ethnicity and migration in a changing landscape’, Tuesday 9th May 2017, University of Sheffield.
Co-organiser PILAS Conference 2014 “Where is Latin America heading? Novel Perspectives on the Region”, University of Sheffield, 12–13 June 2014.
Co-organiser DARG Annual Postgraduate Workshop RGS-IBG ‘Careers in the Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) Sector’, 9th May 2014
Consultancy and Professional Service
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Editorial Board member Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and Migration Studies.
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Member International Advisory Board Forced Migration Review.
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I have reviewed papers for Political Geography; Review of International Studies; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Social Inclusion; Forced Migration Review; Cogent Social Sciences; Revista Migraciones; Antípoda; Revista Internacional de Cooperación y Desarrollo; International Development Planning Review; Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography; Latin American Research Review.
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Book Proposal Evaluator: Macmillan International Higher Education (2018); Polity Books (2019); Routledge (2020); Bristol University Press (2021).
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ESPMI Network Methodology Cluster Co-Lead. Co-editor Discussion Series Decolonizing Forced Migration Research.
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2021 - Expert submission on international protection for Venezuelan displaced population in Chile. Requested by the Country of Origin Information Department of the Dutch Council for Refugees.
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2017 - Grant reviewer of The International Post-Doc Initiative (IPODI) Technische Universität Berlin.
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2015 - 2018 Steering Committee Member Migration Research group at Sheffield (Sheffield MRG).
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2017 - Chile country expert for the Migration and the Law Project, World Bank Group.
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2018 - Expert submission on Palestinian community in Chile. Requested by the Research Directorate, Tribunal Services Branch. Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada.
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External Examiner: 2018, MSc in Human Rights and Multiculturalism, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN); 2017, Reviewer PhD Confirmation Review Hispanic Department, University of Sheffield.
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2017 Participated as Chile country expert for the Migration and the Law Project, World Bank Group.
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2017 Member Scientific Committee VII Seminário Nacional and II Conferência Latino-Americana da Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Universidade Católica de Santos Brazil and UNHCR Brazil.
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2013-2014 Student Representative of the Developing Areas Research Group (DARG) - Research/study groups in the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
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2013-2014 Committee member Postgraduate in Latin American Studies (PILAS)
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I am member of IAFSM, SLAS, LASA and RGS-IBG