Talitha Dubow is a migration researcher at UNU-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 UNU-MERIT, Talitha coordinates the UNU Migration Network, and has worked on studies funded or commissioned by the European Commission; the Deutsche Gesellschaft für 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 UNU-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 UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University, and a BA in French and Spanish from the University of Cambridge.