Dr. Kathleen Newland

Kathleen Newland is a Senior Fellow and CoFounder of the Migration Policy Institute and a Member of the Board of Trustees. Her work focuses on the governance of international migration, the relationship between migration and development, and refugee protection. Previously, she co-directed the International Migration Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment, was a lecturer at the London School of Economics, and was Special Assistant to the Rector of the United Nations University. She has worked as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary General of the UN, UNICEF, The World Bank, and other organizations. She is author or editor of nine books, including most recently “All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration.” She has also written more than fifty policy papers, articles, and book chapters.