As a historian, I explore religion, migration and migrant integration in the late 18th and early-to-mid 19th centuries. This research informs my work in the realm of science diplomacy as an advocate of academics displaced by war, conflict and threats of violence. I co-founded three major initiatives designed to support the integration of displaced academic colleagues: the At-Risk and Refugee Membership program (Young Academy of Scotland); the At-Risk Scholar Initiative (Global Young Academy); and the At-Risk and Displaced Academics and Artists program (Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars Artists and Scientists). I am also a member the Science in Exile Steering Committee (https://scienceinexile.org/)