Sonja Fransen

Sonja Fransen is a Senior Research Fellow at United Nations University (UNU) - MERIT, Maastricht University, where she teaches and manages several research projects on (forced) migration and policy impacts on (forced) migrant populations. Sonja’s research interests include (forced) migration, climate change, return migration, and (post-conflict) development. She has extensive, both quantitative and qualitative, fieldwork experience in various countries, and is particularly specialized in migration and development in East Africa and Europe. Sonja regularly works as a consultant for NGOs and international organizations, including WFP, UNHCR and the World Bank. She has published several academic articles in leading journals, book chapters, and policy briefs.