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IMI is made up of a dedicated team of researchers and administrative staff. We also work with Research Partners and supervise Doctoral Research Students.

From time to time, we host Visiting Study Fellows. See our Visiting Fellows Scheme for details of these arrangements.

Oliver Bakewell, Co-Director and James Martin Fellow
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 271902, 
imi@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Hein de Haas, Co-Director and James Martin Fellow
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281794, 
imi@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Robin Cohen, Emeritus Professor and Former Director
robin.cohen@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Stephen Castles, Honorary Associate
stephen.castles@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Ayla Bonfiglio, Researcher
Tel: +44 (0) 1865
271901,
ayla.bonfiglio@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Ann Cowie, Project Assistant
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281738,
ann.cowie@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Mathias Czaika, Research Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 271533,
mathias.czaika@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Evelyn Ersanilli, Departmental Lecturer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281717,
evelyn.ersanilli@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Dominique Jolivet, Research Assistant
Tel: +44(0) 1865 281734
dominque.jolivet@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Agnieszka Kubal, Research Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281812, 
agnieszka.kubal@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Christopher Parsons, Research Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281706,
christopher.parsons@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Kate Prudden, Project Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281745,
kate.prudden@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Nicola Shepard, MSc in Migration Studies Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281701, 
msc-migrationstudies@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Olivia Sheringham, Research Assistant
Tel: +44(0) 1865 281734
olivia.sheringham@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Jacqueline Smith, Communications and Outreach Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281738, 
jacqueline.smith@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Briony Truscott, Administrative Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281828, 
briony.truscott@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Simona Vezzoli, Research Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281726, 
simona.vezzoli@qeh.ox.ac.uk

María Villares Varela, Data Processing Assistant
Tel: +44(0)1865 281735,
maria.villares@qeh.ox.ac.uk

IMI Doctoral Research Students

Alpha Abebe, 'Second-Generation Ethiopian Diaspora in the West: Exploring their relationships to mainstream development practice and discourse in Ethiopia' (supervised by Oliver Bakewell)

Valentin Danchev, 'Interplaying Migrations: Exploring Spatial-Temporal Interactions of Migration Flows from a Multi-Level Perspective (The Case of African-European Mobility)' (supervised by Hein de Haas)

Carolin Fischer, 'Conditions of Agency in a Transnational Context: Afghan Diasporas and their Engagement for Development in Afghanistan' (supervised by Oliver Bakewell)

Nanor Karageozian, 'Diasporic Return in an Age of Transnationalism: Voluntary Repatriation and Development in the Case of Post-Soviet Armenia' (supervised by Dawn Chatty and Oliver Bakewell)

Edo Mahendra, 'Essays on Empirical International Migration' (supervised by Hein de Haas and Mathias Czaika)

Cameron Thibos, 'The Role of the Turkish Diaspora in Turkey's Development' (supervised by Robin Cohen and Hein de Haas)

Marshall Van Valen, 'The Incorporation of Mixed Immigrant Flows in West and Central Africa' (supervised by Oliver Bakewell and Nicholas Van Hear [COMPAS])

Visiting Study Fellows

Sally Khallash (October 2011 to March 2012)