Ü 2010-2014: Framework Contract on the “Provision of external expertise to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the LIBE Committee) in the field of Justice and Home Affairs including Impact Assessment studies – Lot 3 (Asylum)”, on behalf of Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament.

Ü 2010-2014: Framework Contract on the “Provision of external expertise to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the LIBE Committee), in the field of Justice and Home Affairs including Impact Assessment studies – Lot 4 (Immigration, Integration and Management of the EU’s External Borders)”, on behalf of Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament.

Ü 2010: Advice to the Immigration Department of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on “Legislative and administrative changes to national policies and practices in TCI”, on behalf of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Ü 2009-2010: Co-management, with Ramboll, of a “Study on the feasibility of establishing a mechanism for the relocation of beneficiaries of international protection”, on behalf of the European Commission (DG Justice, Freedom and Security).

Ü 2009-2012: Co-management, with ARUP and CKP, of a project on the ’’Establishment of custody centres and temporary holding facilities for irregular migrants in Ukraine’’, on behalf of the European Commission (EuropeAid).

Ü 2009: Monitoring of "The implementation of the EU External Borders Fund in Greece", on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security).

Ü 2008: Study on "The administrative and technical aspects of land border checkpoints in the United Arab Emirates", on behalf of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.

Ü 2008: Study on "Recent measures taken to address irregular migration in Europe, with a special focus on irregular migration from the People's Republic of China", on behalf of the International Organization for Migration (IOM, Geneva), within the framework of an EC AENEAS project on ‘Capacity Building for Migration Management in China’.

Ü 2008: Evaluation of "The use and effectiveness of automated border control systems in Australia, Canada, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the USA", on behalf of the UK Home Office (Immigration Research and Statistics – IRS, and Home Office Scientific Development Branch – HOSDB).

Ü 2008: Study on "The United Kingdom’s policies on irregular migrants", on behalf of the Council of Europe (European Committee on Migration – CDMG, Strasbourg).

Ü 2007-2008: Study on "The protection of the rights and special needs of trafficked children", on behalf of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA, Vienna).To download the paper resulting from this research, please click here.

Ü 2007-2008: Study on "The protection of the rights and special needs of irregular immigrant minors and asylum seeking children", on behalf of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA, Vienna). To download the paper resulting from this research, please click here.

Ü 2007-2008: Co-management, with CKP Ltd, of the CARDS project on “Follow up of the Functional Review of the Return Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, on behalf of the European Commission (EuropeAid).

Ü 2007-2011: Framework Contractor to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (Vienna), for research and studies on ‘Policies relating to immigration, integration and citizenship’ (Lot 29), ‘Policies relating to social inclusion, equal opportunities and non-discrimination’ (Lot 30) and ‘Policies relating to human/fundamental rights and minority rights’ (Lot 31).

Ü 2006-2007: Co-management of the IOM/Eurasylum research project on “Public Evaluation Policies and Practices in the field of Migration”, funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM, Geneva). To download the book resulting from this research, please click here.

Ü 2006-2007: Adviser on justice and home affairs (migration, asylum, border management, trafficking in human beings, customs, drugs trafficking, money laundering and crime prevention) in the consortium led by Egeval II entrusted with the "Evaluation of the EC Country Strategy in the Republic of Moldova (2000-2006)”, on behalf of the European Commission (EuropeAid).

Ü 2006: Moderation of the "EU Migration and Governance Roundtable”, on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Development), within the framework of the ‘European Development Days’ (Brussels, 13-17 November 2006). For more information on this event please consult the European Development Days’ website or the Conference’s Agenda.

Ü 2006-2007: Co-management, with CKP Ltd, of the CARDS project on "Institutional building support to the Commissariat for Displaced Persons in Montenegro”, on behalf of the European Commission (European Agency for Reconstruction - EAR).

Ü 2006: Implementation of a fact-finding mission, and design of an EU action programme, on “Control of illegal migration and countering of document fraud in Ghana”, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (Asylum and Migration Section, Directorate for People Trafficking and Transportation).

Ü 2005-2006: Co-management, with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), of the “Final Evaluation of the first phase (2000-2004), and the definition of a common assessment framework for the second phase (2005-2010), of the European Refugee Fund”, on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security). Click here to view the final report (PDF file).

Ü 2004-2005: Implementation of a project on “Technical Assistance to the International Organization for Migration, and the Government of Iraq, to devise a Strategy on Migration Management in Iraq”, on behalf of the International Organization for Migration (IOM Geneva and Amman).

Ü 2004-2005: Co-management, with CKP Ltd, of the CARDS project on “Technical Assistance to Develop and Implement a National Action Plan for Migration and Asylum in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)”, on behalf of the European Commission (European Agency for Reconstruction). Click here to view one of the project’s Newsletters (PDF file).

Ü 2004-2006: Co-management, with the European Service Network (ESN), of a framework contract on "Information and Communication Operations relating to activities supported by the European Union in the field of Justice and Home Affairs in 2004, 2005 and 2006”, on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security).

Ü 2004-2005: Study on “EU Policy-Making on Asylum”, on behalf of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR, London). Click here to view the full report (PDF file).

Ü 2004: Member of the core team led by Plancenter Ltd, with particular responsibility for fieldwork in the Russian Federation and Serbia, entrusted with the "Evaluation of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America", on behalf of the European Commission (EuropeAid).

Ü 2003: Member of the core team led by PLS-Ramboll entrusted with the Mid-Term Evaluation of the European Refugee Fund (ERF), on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs).

Ü 2002-2003: Implementation of a "Comparative Study of International Policies and Practice on Removals of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom", on behalf of the United Kingdom’s Home Office (Immigration and Nationality Directorate - Immigration Research and Statistics Service).

Ü 2003: Member of the core team led by the Charles Kendall Group entrusted with the PHARE project on “Technical Assistance to the Bulgarian National Customs Agency and National Border Police Service for Facilitation of Danube River Border Crossings”, on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Enlargement).

Ü 2002-2003: Member of the senior experts group led by Particip GmbH entrusted with the "Thematic Evaluation of Population and Development Programmes in EC External Cooperation in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America", on behalf of the European Commission (EuropeAid).

Ü 2003: Contribution to the preparation of a TV documentary by BBC1 on “Intra-EU migration of EU nationals of foreign descent” (BBC1, "The Politics Show", 30 November 2003).

Ü 2002: Advice to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA, Vienna) for publication of a collection of contributions to a Workshop on Immigration into the European Union.

Ü 2002-2003: Member of the core team led by PricewaterhouseCoopers entrusted with a wide-ranging project on Immigration Policy in Ghana, on behalf of the World Bank.

Ü 2001-2002: Co-management, with GHK Ltd, of the "European Thematic Group on Asylum-Seekers under the EQUAL Community Initiative", on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs).

Ü 2002: Member of the experts panel entrusted with the "Evaluation of the Grant Applications for the European Refugee Fund’s Community Actions 2002", on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs).

Ü Since 2006: Affiliated Partner of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).

Ü Since 2003: Institutional Affiliate of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) of the University of California, San Diego.

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