Nassim Majidi is a Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, USA. Nassim specialises in return migration. She has published more than twenty academic and policy articles on migration issues, and she teaches a graduate course on Refugees & Migration as part of Sciences Po Lille’s Conflict and Development Programme. Nassim is the Co-Founder of Samuel Hall and the Migration Pillar Lead where she leads evidence-based research and policy development on migration and displacement. Covering three continents (Africa, Asia, Europe) over the past ten years, her crosscutting skills have led her to interview refugees, migrants, and returnees in the world’s border areas, conflict settings, and countries of origin. Based on her knowledge of migration actors, she has developed strategic programming initiatives, national policies on migration, and monitoring reviews that have had a lasting impact. Nassim was nominated in 2015 by the Norwegian Refugee Council for the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award in recognition of her sterling work on behalf of Afghanistan’s displaced population. Nassim holds a BA in Government from Cornell University, a Summa Cum Laude Masters in International Affairs and Development Studies and a Ph.D. in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. Nassim currently sits on the Journal of Refugee Studies’ International Editorial Advisory Board, as well as the International Advisory Board for Lexington Books’ Migration, Displacement, and Development series.
RESEARCH & ONGOING WORK
ASIA/MENA
ICMPD: Final Evaluation of the Project “Improving Migration Management in the Silk Routes Countries”
CMI: Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP Settlements as Social-Ecological Systems
Sequa: Market Linkages Study in Afghanistan to Assess the Impact of the ARIVET Project
ICMPD: Return and Reintegration Training Sessions
AFRICA
FAO: Support to Return Migrants in Rural Areas
ILO: Assessment of Labour Migration Legal Frameworks in Africa
ILO: Ethical Guidelines for Research on Forced Labour
University of the Witwatersrand: Literature Review on Health of Refugees and International Migrants for WHO Global Report
ODI - IKEA Foundation: Public Perceptions Towards Refugees and Other Migrants
RESEARCH CONSORTIA
GCRF IIED: Responding to protracted displacement in an urban world - Kenya, Ethiopia, Jordan, Afghanistan
MIDEQ: South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub
GCRF Coventry: Childhood inequalities work package lead
Dutch MFA: Learning and Evaluation Team Lead - Regional Development and Protection Programme - Horn of Africa
MIGNEX – Aligning Migration Management and the Migration–Development Nexus (2018-2023)
EU PRIO, ULiège: HABITABLE - Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration