Esinejad

He holds a PhD in Sociology and has over 18 years of experience in human rights, migration governance, and integration policy. He founded the think tank Diversity Development Group and previously served as a (Re)integration Officer with UNHCR, where he led the Durable Solutions strategy across eight Nordic and Baltic countries.

She has led several research projects on the refugee influxes in 2015/16 and after 2022. She looks forward to meeting other people in the field, as well as discussing and receiving input on the consequences of increased temporality for immigrants in Europe – particularly experiences from other countries.

During this time, they have continuously adapted their approach to supporting newcomers, moving beyond simply providing answers to individual questions and focusing on empowering people to improve their daily lives, actively participate in their communities, and build a fulfilling life in their new home. As the integration landscape is constantly evolving, she highly values opportunities to exchange experiences and discuss good practices with colleagues from different countries and organizations. She believes that a cohesive and inclusive society is a key prerequisite for the successful integration and long-term inclusion of newcomers.

She currently coordinates the Human Dimension Pillar of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2027 in Tallinn. Most recently, she worked at the OECD, where she led work on the Ukrainian displacement crisis across OECD countries and contributed to a comprehensive policy review for the Government of Ukraine on the return and reintegration of displaced Ukrainians. Earlier in her career, she worked with the European Migration Network (EMN) in several roles, including as a national coordinator and overseeing Europe-wide cooperation with non-EU partner countries across the Eastern Partnership, Western Balkans and Caucasus. She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge and is particularly interested in how Nordic-Baltic cooperation can support effective, forward-looking migration policies and contribute to Ukraine’s longer-term recovery and reconstruction.

Human geographer with a background in migration research at the University of Helsinki and as social analyst at think tank Magma.

He leads comparative studies of migration, housing, and integration that leverage harmonised Nordic and Baltic population-registers linked with census and mobility datasets to track individuals and households longitudinally. His research advances the Vicious Circles of Segregation framework to explain how disadvantage and opportunity are reproduced—and sometimes overcome—through the life course and across generations, while developing new measures of neighbourhood change. He has also built a Migration Calculator to model population projections under alternative migration assumptions and assess regional demographic futures.