A new Diaspora Institute to help bridge the worlds of research, policy and practitioners on migration issues will soon be set up in Dublin, Devex learned at the recent Global Diaspora and Development Forum held in the Irish capital.
Martin Russell, an associate director with Diaspora Matters who will be the director of the institute, said that while the concept was in its early stages, the still tentatively named Diaspora Institute will “develop a range of projects and products designed to engage the multiple actors in diaspora engagement.”
It will “act as a key knowledge resource by functioning as an independent think tank along with supplying a detailed knowledge hub on all things diaspora — from academic work and media publications to policy reports and practitioner toolkits. It is being established to link and bridge the worlds of research, policy and practitioners for the advancement of evidence-based and coherent policy-practice in diaspora engagement,” Russell told Devex.
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Joe Breen is a Dublin-based freelance journalist and media lecturer. He was formerly a senior journalist at the Irish Times. He has lectured in journalism at Dublin City University and University College Dublin. He has also worked as a consultant in Azerbaijan for BBC Media Action.
