Committee on Forced Migration

The Columbia University Committee on Forced Migration is a University-wide initiative coordinated by Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh.

Kian Tajbakhsh

The Committee was created by the Columbia Global Centers as a response to the dramatic increase in the number of forced migrants and migration crises around the world. The Committee seeks to maximize Columbia’s ability to act as a platform to engage, support, and share information across its community of faculty, students, and staff on issues related to forced migration.

Through workshops, research, and broad communications with academic experts and the world’s thought leaders in global migration, the Committee provides an institutional setting for over 80 faculty from across Columbia’s schools and affiliates to share research results, create interdisciplinary networks, and explore new approaches to addressing problems of forced migration.

Among the several initiatives that the University supports through the Global Centers include: 

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Members

Susana Adamo
Susana Adamo

Earth Institute

Mashura Akilova
Mashura Akilova

School of Social Work

Kamal Amakrane
Kamal Amakrane

Climate School

Lisa Anderson
Lisa Anderson

School of International and Public Affairs

Naor Ben-Yehoyada
Naor Ben-Yehoyada

Anthropology

Anindita Dasgupta
Anindita Dasgupta

School of Social Work

Alex deSherbinin
Alex deSherbinin

Earth Institute

Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle

School of International and Public Affairs

Ayten Gündoğdu
Ayten Gündoğdu

Barnard College

Ozge Karadag
Ozge Karadag

Earth Institute

Neeraj Kaushal
Neeraj Kaushal

School of Social Work

Terry McGovern
Terry McGovern

Mailman School of Public Health

Mary Mendenhall
Mary Mendenhall

Teachers College

Nara Milanich
Nara Milanich

Barnard College

Rachel Moresky
Rachel Moresky

Mailman School of Public Health

Jose Moya
Jose Moya

Barnard College

Daniel Naujoks
Daniel Naujoks

School of International and Public Affairs

Manuela Orjuela-Grimm
Manuela Orjuela-Grimm

Mailman School of Public Health

Kathryn Spellman Poots
Kathryn Spellman Poots

Middle East Institute

J.C. Salyer
J.C. Salyer

Barnard College

Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen

Sociology

Richard Seagar
Richard Seagar

Climate School

Lena Verdeli
Lena Verdeli

Teachers College

Milton Wainberg
Milton Wainberg

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Monette Zard
Monette Zard

Mailman School of Public Health

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