Kate Hooper
Kate Hooper is a Senior Policy Analyst with MPI’s Global Program, where she leads MPI’s international work on labor migration. Her areas of research include legal migration pathways, fair and ethical recruitment, the implications of remote work and other nontraditional working arrangements for immigrant selection systems, labor market integration, and complementary pathways for displaced populations.
Ms. Hooper has advised governments and intergovernmental organizations on legal migration pathways and opportunities to adapt immigration and immigrant integration policies to respond to emerging labor market trends. She had a part-time secondment to the United Nations Development Program, where she conducted an internal review of UNDP’s programming on return and sustainable reintegration.
Ms. Hooper is the primary point person for the Transatlantic Council on Migration, MPI’s flagship international initiative that brings together senior policymakers, experts, and other stakeholders to discuss responses to pressing migration, protection, and immigrant integration issues.
She holds a master’s degree with honors from the University of Chicago’s Committee on International Relations, and a bachelor of the arts degree in history from the University of Oxford. She also holds a certificate in international political economy from the London School of Economics.
- Media Inquiries
-
Michelle Mittelstadt
202 266 1910 [email protected]
Explore Content by Kate Hooper
Showing 41-50 of 64 total results
Exploring New Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Pilot Projects
Legal migration pilot projects have mixed results; success hinges on partner selection, sector targeting, cost-sharing, and strong reintegration support.
In Search of a New Equilibrium: Immigration Policymaking in the Newest Era of Nativist Populism
Nativist populism's most lasting impact is not electoral but indirect—reshaping immigration agendas and pulling mainstream parties to the right across liberal democracies.
The Future of Migration Policy in a Volatile Political Landscape (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Nativist populism has reached a tipping point in Western democracies and reclaiming the political center requires addressing the inequality and loss that fuel it.
Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development
Skilled migration partnerships hold promise for linking labor demand with origin-country development, but high costs and weak outcomes stall most programs at the pilot stage.
Mind the Gap: Bringing Migration into Development Partnerships and Vice Versa
Development and migration-management actors share common interests, but conditional aid risks destabilizing fragile states and undermining partnerships.
The New EU Migration-Related Fund Masks Deeper Questions over Policy Aims
The European Union's proposed 89.5 billion-euro external fund risks deepening conflict between migration management goals and development actors' poverty reduction focus.
It’s Relative: A Crosscountry Comparison of Family-Migration Policies and Flows
Family admissions dominate immigration across all nine countries studied, and backlogs of up to 30 years show that formal reunification rights often fail in practice.
European Leaders Pursue Migration Deals with North African Countries, Sparking Concerns about Human Costs
Europe's 2017 migration deals with North African countries cut Mediterranean crossings but left hundreds of thousands stranded in Libya, amid documented human-rights abuses.
Building Partnerships to Respond to the Next Decade’s Migration Challenges (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Migration partnerships are growing in scale but remain mixed in results. Destination countries must look beyond short-term enforcement to build durable cooperation.
How Are Refugees Faring? Integration at U.S. and State Levels
Refugee integration outcomes in four major U.S. states vary more by national origin than by state policy, suggesting state placement matters less than previously assumed.
