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  • 1 April 2025

About the Migrant Integration Hub

In managing the Migrant Integration Hub, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is assisted by a dedicated network of integration experts. The network writes all the articles published on the platform. It includes 27 country coordinators - integration experts based in the different EU states, and is managed by the Migration Policy Group (MPG).

All experts contributing to the Migrant Integration Hub are listed below.

Country/EntityNameOrganisation
Editorial teamGergana YovovaMigration Policy Group (MPG)
Editorial teamOlivia LongMigration Policy Group (MPG)
Editorial teamAlexander WolffhardtMigration Policy Group (MPG)
Editorial teamDr Başak YavçanMigration Policy Group (MPG)
AustriaGerd ValcharsIndependent expert
BelgiumJulie MindersGroup for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration & Equality (GERME), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
BulgariaBistra IvanovaMulti-Kulti Collective (MKC)
CroatiaDrago Župarić-IljićIndependent expert
CyprusCharalambos VrasidasCenter for the Advancement of Research & Development in Educational Technology (CARDET)
CzechiaJan DítkoIndependent expert
DenmarkMichala Clante BendixenIndependent expert
EstoniaKristijan KaldurInstitute of Baltic Studies (IBS)
FinlandMarja TiilikainenMigration Institute of Finland
FranceMurielle MaffessoliObservatoire Régional de l'Intégration et de la Ville – Grand Est (Réseau RECI)
GermanyMarie BayatIndependent expert
GreeceEffie GelastopoulouInformation and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non-Viοlence (Antigone)
HungaryBoglárka BudaiMENEDEK
Ireland Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI)
ItalyFerruccio PastoreForum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull'Immigrazione (FIERI)
LatviaIveta KažokaCentre for Public Policy PROVIDUS
LithuaniaLina KisevičienėDiversity Development Group (DDG)
LuxembourgSerge KollwelterIndependent expert
MaltaJean-Pierre GauciThe People for Change Foundation (PFC)
NetherlandsJaleesa LatupeirissaIndependent expert
PolandRenata StefańskaCentre of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw
PortugalAlina Isabel Pereira EstevesCentro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG), IGOT - Universidade de Lisboa
RomaniaLuciana Elena LăzărescuIndependent expert
SlovakiaMartina WilschIndependent expert
SloveniaVeronika BajtInstitute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies (Peace Institute)
SpainFrancesco PasettiBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
SwedenRickard OlsekeIndependent expert