Talitha Dubow is a migration researcher at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-MERIT and Maastricht University.
Talitha¡¯s research focusses on migrant experiences, decision-making and trajectories, and the impacts of policies on these. Her doctoral thesis focused on the decision-making processes of irregularised migrants over the course of their migration trajectories to and through Europe. In her role at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-MERIT, Talitha coordinates the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Migration Network, and has worked on studies funded or commissioned by the European Commission; the Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨¹r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); the International Organisation for Migration (IOM); the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security; the World Food Programme (WFP); and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). Talitha has taught extensively at Bachelor and Master¡¯s level, including guest lectures and supervision of student theses. She currently coordinates and teaches courses on research design, qualitative research methods, and the ¡°Migration Lifecycle¡±, which covers aspects of migrant journeys, processes of immigrant incorporation, return and reintegration. She has led numerous trainings for migration policy-makers and practitioners. Prior to joining ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-MERIT and Maastricht University, Talitha worked on research projects spanning innovation and entrepreneurship, civic engagement and political participation, and counter-radicalisation and violent extremism. Talitha holds a PhD from Maastricht University, an MSc in Public Policy and Human Development from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-MERIT/Maastricht University, and a BA in French and Spanish from the University of Cambridge.
