Loren B. Landau (Prof.) is the Director of the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) (formerly Forced Migration Studies Programme, FMSP) at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. With a background in political science and development studies, his work focuses on human mobility, development, and sovereignty.

Roni Amit is a Post-Doctoral fellow at ACMS (formerly FMSP) and has a background in International Human Rights Law. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington and a Law Degree from New York University. Her research focuses on rights protection, administrative justice, legal processes and developments in the areas of refugee rights and detention.

Tesfalem Tekleab Araia is a researcher at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. As part of the ACMS’s Migrant Policy and Practice Initiative (MPPI), he has worked in multiple projects ranging from human smuggling, asylum system, and detention, and he is currently working on mobility, labour, and livelihoods

Padma Dayah joined ACMS (formerly FMSP) as Student Liaison Officer in December 2010. With a background in nursing and management, previous work experience has been in the health field for government, private, corporate and nongovernmental organizations as a Registered Nurse, Manager and HIV Programmes Coordinator

Tel: (0)11 717 4092
Cell: 083 989 8024

Zaheera joined ACMS (formerly FMSP) as a researcher in 2009. Her research interests include advocacy, social networks and the politics of migration. She is working on a Civil Society Mobilisation project funded by Hivos, which seeks to understand how migrants access rights in 4 cities in Southern Africa.

Lenore Longwe has a degree in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape. Her previous employment includes project administrator at Umsubomvu Youth Fund and Admin Coordinator at Robben Island Museum. She joined Wits University in 2006 at the Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Project and subsequent to that she joined FMSP in January 2009.

Jean Pierre Misago has been with the FMSP since 2004. He is currently a researcher with the Migration Policy and Practice Inititative. With a background is in Education Sciences, Psychology, Forced Migration and Humanitarian Assistance, his research explores the effects of displacement on identity and belonging

Victor has a Bcom(accounting) from University of the Western Cape and Advance Diploma in Project Management from Cranefield. His previous employment includes Trainee Accountant from PricewaterhouseCoopers; Metropolitan Employee Benefits; Coca-Cola South-Eastern Africa; Total SA and Sasol. Victor joined Wits FMSP as financial officer in September 2010.
Phone: +27 (0)11 717 4696

Tamlyn Monson is a researcher within the Forced Migration Studies Programme, examining issues of non-state authority and territorial control in areas affected by xenophobic attacks. She has an interdisciplinary background, and has worked on several projects focused on the causes, consequences, and responses to xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

Lorena Núñez is a social anthropologist with an specialization in medical anthropology. She has extensive experience in the fields of gender and development as well as of migration and health.

Ingrid Palmary is a senior researcher and coordinator of the Gender, Violence and Displacement Initiative at the FMSP. She has written in the area of domestic and political violence, women in armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction and feminist research methods.

Phone:+27 (0)11 717 4698
Email: ingrid.palmary@wits.ac.za

Tara Polzer has been with FMSP since 2002, and is a Senior Researcher with an interdisciplinary background in Social and Political Science (Cambridge) and Development Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science).

Aurelia Segatti holds a PhD in Political Science and an MA in African Studies majoring (political science) from the Centre of African Studies (CEAN – Bordeaux).

Jo Vearey has been based with the Health and Migration Initiative at FMSP since 2007 where she conducts research, teaches and supervises graduate students. Jo has a background in Public Health and completed her PhD through the School of Public Health, Wits.

Darshan Vigneswaran coordinates the Immigration Enforcement and the State in Africa initiative, co-coordinates an EU-funded Network of Excellence in Qualitative Research with partners in the UK, Ghana and Accra, edits the Migration Methods and Field Notes Series.