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Expert advisory board

The members of the Expert Advisory Board include senior experts in migration data and analysis. The Board meets annually.

  1. Andrew DilnotWarden, Nuffield College

    Andrew is the Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford; since 2012 he has been Chair of the UK Statistics Authority.

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  2. Jay LindopOffice for National Statistics

    Jay Lindop is Deputy Director of Population Statistics and leads the team that produces the ONS quarterly long term international migration figures.

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  3. Alan ManningLondon School of Economics

    Alan Manning is a professor of labour economics at the London School of Economics. He is a leading author in his field in the theory of labour economics, particularly through his contributions to understanding the imperfections of labour markets.

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  4. Anand MenonProfessor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, KCL

    Anand is director of the UK in a Changing Europe a unique initiative funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council that aims to make the findings of social scientific research available and accessible to all non-academic audiences interested in Brexit, the Brexit process and its implications.

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  5. Rainer MünzCentral European University

    Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy.

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  6. Rupinder ParharHead of Equalities, GLA

    Rupinder has over a decade of experience in frontline casework, policy, and research on issues including immigration, no recourse to public funds, access to justice and equalities within the voluntary sector and local government.

  7. Christa RottensteinerIOM United Kingdom

    Christa Rottensteiner is Chief of Mission at IOM UK.

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  8. Martin RuhsProfessor and Deputy Director of the MPC

    Martin Ruhs is Professor of Migration Studies and Deputy Director of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. He was previously Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford.

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  9. John SaltUniversity College London

    John Salt is Emeritus Professor of Geography and Director of the Migration Research Unit at University College London (UCL).

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  10. Ann SingletonUniversity of Bristol

    Ann Singleton is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies. She has published and spoken widely in the areas of asylum and international migration policy and statistics in the UK and the European Union. Her work focuses on the use of international migration data in the development of policy.

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  11. Will SomervilleMigration Policy Institute

    Will is UK Senior Fellow at MPI. He is also the Program Director for Unbound Philanthropy (UK) and Visiting Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.

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  12. Georgina SturgeHouse of Commons Library

    Georgina Sturge is a Statistics Researcher and the subject lead on migration statistics at the House of Commons Library

  13. Carlos Vargas-SilvaProfessor in Migration Studies

    Carlos Vargas-Silva is an economist with particular expertise in quantitative data analysis.

  14. Jackline WahbaUniversity of Southampton

    Professor Jackie Wahba is Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton

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