The Journeys Project explores the lived experiences of refugees and migrants through both human stories and empirical research. By centering the financial, legal, and social realities of displacement, the project seeks to build tools for researchers, policymakers, and educators to better understand migration in all its complexity.
Leadership
Kim Wilson – Founder & Lead Researcher
Kim Wilson is the founder of The Journeys Project and a Senior Lecturer at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. She is a core faculty member of the Henry J. Leir Institute and has led pioneering research into the financial journeys of displaced people worldwide. Kim continues to shape the project’s empirical research, supervising graduate fellows and advancing scholarship on how displaced people navigate the economic dimensions of migration.
Annie Bright – Director, Legal Research
Annie Bright (J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University) leads the legal dimensions of The Journeys Project. A practicing immigration attorney and current faculty member at St. Mary’s University School of Law, Annie has represented detained and non-detained immigrants in immigration proceedings, including litigation and appeals in Texas immigration courts. Her research and teaching focus on constitutional law, immigration law, and humanitarian protection. At The Journeys Project, Annie guides the work on legal frameworks, rights, and protections for people on the move .
Contributors
The Journeys Project has grown through the collaboration of many researchers, faculty, graduate fellows, and students. Contributors have included:
Hassan Abdullahi · Lea Abi Zeid Daou · Fardosa Ahmed Salah · Mina Alemzadeh · Solenn AlMajali · Paula Armstrong · Padmini Barau · Kenza Ben Azouz · Mohamed Bennaidja · Charlie Bentley · Madison Chapman · Daniel Creamer · Mattea Cumoletti · Marie Therese David · Danielle Douglas · Ella Duncan · Natalia Espinosa · Caitlin Flynn · Anargiros Frangos · Lindsay Gardel · Bahati Ghislain · Hila Hanif · Allyson Hawkins · Alexandra Heffern · Marisol Hernandez · Roksana Jahan · Roxanne Krystalli · Heather Kunin · Swati Mehta Dhawana · Marcia Mendes · Subin Mulmi · María Teresa Nagel · Anne Moses · Heather Odell · Eunice Omaita · Nidhisha Philip · Kendra Poole · Lillie Ris · Roza Safarova · Conor Sánchez · Devang Shah · Lina Shannak · Cori Simmons · Tania Smith · Kara Sparling · Aaron Steinberg · Shane Sullivan · Rabab Talal · Jayshree Venkatesan · Rosemary Ventura · Catherine Wanjala · Ali Yusuf Tuna · Idi Yusufu · Hans-Martin Zademach · Liyou Zewide · Julie Zollmann
Together, this community of scholars and practitioners contributes to documenting and analyzing the journeys of displaced people across continents—illuminating not just the risks and hardships of migration, but also the resilience, ingenuity, and determination of those who undertake it.