Portfolio

Amanda's portfolio provides a curated selection of impactful projects, case studies, and policy interventions that demonstrate her approach to complex challenges in migration, trade, market access and regional integration.

Here, you’ll find generalized examples of her work with:

Governments & Regional Bodies (ECOWAS, African Union, EU institutions)
International Organizations (GIZ, ICMPD, ILO, Oxfam)
Research Initiatives bridging academia and policy

Note: Client confidentiality is respected—some details are anonymized or aggregated.

Effective migration governance balances human rights with national interests. Her focus is on creating frameworks that ensure safe, orderly, and regular migration, in line with global standards.

Regional integration is essential for economic transformation. She works on policies that foster greater connectivity, shared prosperity, and coordinated responses to regional challenges.

Simplifying trade procedures boosts competitiveness and unlocks growth. She advocates for smart, digital, and inclusive trade facilitation measures that reduce barriers and improve efficiency across borders.

Trade in services is a driver of modern economies. My research delves into regulatory reforms, digital trade, and skills mobility to expand opportunities in sectors ranging from finance to education and health.

I explore how well-managed mobility can address labour shortages, promote knowledge transfer, and drive inclusive growth. I co-lead the working group on Legal pathways and labour migration in the African non-state actors platform on migration and development.

Strong diaspora ties are a powerful resource for national development. My research focuses on building policies and networks that engage diaspora communities as investors, innovators, and cultural ambassadors.

Remittances are more than financial flows — they’re lifelines for families and tools for development. My work examines how to maximize their impact through financial inclusion, cost reduction, and policy innovation.

The link between migration and trade is often overlooked. I analyze how human mobility complements trade flows, shapes consumer markets, and builds transnational business networks, particularly in the African context.

Selected Partners and Clients

Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI)
African Union Commission (AUC)
African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration (ACSRM)
African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC)
Association of German Development and aid NGOs (VENRO)
Baha'i International Community (Brussels office)
Caritas International Belgium
Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana.
European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
German Development Coorporation (GIZ)
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (HBS)
ICMPD/ EUDiF
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
OXFAM NOVIB
Policy Centre for the New South (PCNS)
Swiss Development Coorporation (SDC)
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Teaching

Guest lecturer, Effective Migration Governance: Policy Impacts and Trade-Offs (5th edition). Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, October 2025
Guest lecturer, Building Effective Engagement between Research, Policy and Practice: A Strategic Approach to Impactful Migration Research. Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, November 2025
Guest lecturer, Migration Winter Academy: Fair work and safe opportunities for people on the move. Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, February 2026
Guest lecturer, Migration and Development. Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College, Netherlands, 2025
Guest lecturer, European Economic Policy in Africa. UC Louvain, Belguim, 2022, 2023, 2024
Guest lecturer, Social Policy in a Changing World. University of St. Thomas, United States, 2024
Guest lecturer, Governing Mobility: Past and Present. Bard College United States, 2020, 2023
Lecturer, Geneva Summer School on migration governance. University of Geneva 2017, 2018, 2019

Awards

PhD cum Laude, Faculty of Law VU Amsterdam 2025

Best Graduating Student TRAPCA 2011 Post Graduate Diploma

In the News

Webinars

Sustainable Trade & Migration - Coherence or Pluralism under a Trend of Deterrence? 18 September 2024. Brussels school of governance.

Webinar on Migration Governance Reform in Africa: Insights from South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya New South Institute. 12 November 2024.

Global migration governance and human rights 13 December 2024. The Center for Research on North America, UNAM and the Global Research Forum on Diasporas and Transnationalism (GRFDT, India).

Global migration and the challenge for international human rights and refugee law 23 June 2025. A webinar presented by the IBA Human Rights Law Committee and supported by the IBA Immigration and Nationality Law Committee

Contested Mobility Norms in Africa:Reconciling Visions, Policies and Practice 22 October 2024. Heinrich Böll Foundation
Transcending Migration Challenges and Creating Opportunities for Africa. Expert webinar series organized by ECOSOCC in partnership with the African Free Movement Consortium (AFMC), African Migration Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC), the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) UK and the Pan African Network in the Defence of Migrant Rights (PANiDMR). The series is being supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. 9 April 2023.
European Union Border Externalisation and Securitisation in Africa. 29 September 2023. American Society of International Law (ASIL). ASIL Africa Interest Group and co-sponsored by the Human Rights Interest Group, the International Environmental Law Interest Group, the International Refugee Law Interest Group, and the Migration Law Interest Group.
Migration policy-making in Africa: determinants and implications for cooperation with Europe. Migration Policy Centre EUI. 9 February 2022.
Europe and Africa: Searching for Common Ground and a New Partnership. 16 November 2021. ISPI.
The AfCFTA, free movement of people and the regional economic communities. ECDPM. 12 Oct 2021.
Cooperation or Externalisation: online debate on the impact of the EU migration policy on countries in Africa. Ghent University, 11.11.11., Human Rights Centre Friday 4 June 2021.
Global Asylum Governance and the EU’s Role: Implementing the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. ASILE annual conference. CEPS and Migration Policy Centre (MPC), European University Institute (EUI). 22 March 2021.
Labour migration - African perspectives on cooperation. Policy Dialogue with Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM). European Policy Centre (EPC). 7 October 2020

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