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Hannes Einsporn

Senior Expert
#migrationpolicy #refugees #climatemigration

Hannes is a Senior Expert for Migration and leads the Foundation’s work on the future of refugee protection and on climate change and migration. His expertise includes international and national migration and refugee policy, climate change and migration, and international human rights and refugee law.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Hannes worked for several years in humanitarian and development aid, mainly in the Middle East, including for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Iran and with CARE on Iraq. Hannes is a graduate in Management and Public Administration (Hertie School) and Political Science (University of Oxford & Freie Universität Berlin).

 

Contact
Phone +49 30 220025-362
e-mail to Hannes Einsporn
Social media

Publications:

  • Jessica Bither & Hannes Einsporn, “Escaping the Deterrence Trap – Key Building Blocks for a Better Migration System”, Policy Briefing No. 1, Robert Bosch Stiftung (July 2024).

  • Dr. Kira Vinke, Hannes Einsporn, Dr. Dana Schirwon & Mahalia Thomas, “Migration in the Context of Climate Foreign Policy“, Policy Brief No. 7, German Council on Foreign Relations (April 2023).

     

 

His articles on our website
Policy Briefing

Migration policy: Why deterring people from moving is not a solution

In the first issue of our new Policy Briefing publication series, our migration experts offer ideas for a humane migration policy.
July 17, 2024
Global Refugee Forum

Refugee policy: international cooperation put to the test

The Geneva World Refugee Forum has so far paid too little attention to evident solutions for the protection of refugees. 
December 01, 2023
Climate change

Germany needs a strategy for climate-related migration

In the first half of 2023, the German government plans to finalise its first strategy on Climate Foreign Policy. It should also contain a...
April 05, 2023