Columbia International Mobility Group's Maggie Powers Speaks at Yale Colloquium Humanitarian Series

By
Cory Winter
October 04, 2018

Columbia International Mobility Group

On 4 October 2018, Yale University held its first event in a Colloquium series on Humanitarian Systems, which builds on three years of research and conversations related to humanitarianism, with a view to make significant contributions to discussions on the future of humanitarian interventions. Maggie Powers, an Adviser at the Open Society Foundations and Columbia International Mobility Group, delivered remarks on governing human mobility as it relates to the UN Global Compacts and lessons from Europe. 

Organized by Catherine Panter-Brick, Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, this event was focused on forced migration and humanitarian policy, held at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. The speakers prepared written papers, drawing upon their long-term experiences in humanitarian work. Speakers were Sara Barragán, a consultant for the WHO, who spoke on "Migration and health policy framing: a European analysis;" Bayard Roberts, a Professor of Health Systems and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gave remarks on "Forced migration: gaps in mental health research and accountability;" and Maggie Powers, an Adviser at the Open Society Foundations and Columbia International Mobility Group, delivered a paper on "Governing Human Mobility: UN Global Compacts and lessons from Europe." 

Remarks were made by Marcia Inhorn, Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University, and Jason Lyall, Professor of Political Science at Yale University.