Hannes Einsporn
Senior Expert Migration
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Hannes is a Senior Expert for Migration and leads the Foundation’s work on refugee protection and on climate change and migration. His expertise includes international and national migration and refugee policy, the nexus between climate change and migration, and international human rights and refugee law.
His analysis and commentary have been featured in leading media outlets such as Germany's Tagesspiegel and Handelsblatt, and internationally on platforms like CNN. He also writes for respected think tanks like the German Council on Foreign Relations.
Before joining the Foundation, Hannes worked in humanitarian and development aid, mainly in the Middle East, including for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Iran and with CARE in Iraq. Hannes holds degrees in Management and Public Policy (Hertie School) and Political Science (University of Oxford and Freie Universität Berlin).