Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan
Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan is Deputy Director of MPI’s Global Program, where she oversees the Institute’s comparative work on social cohesion, migration and development, global governance, and climate. She has authored numerous publications on social integration and identity, public opinion and narratives, and international cooperation on migration, with a particular focus on Europe and Latin America.
Ms. Banulescu-Bogdan has represented MPI at international events and processes such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the International Migration Review Forum, the Group of Friends of the Quito Process, working groups of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s working group on migration communication (NETCOM). She regularly advises governments and international organizations on the design and implementation of migration policies and programs, including on topics such as combating xenophobia, targeting development investments, and designing effective communications strategies around migration.
Since joining MPI in 2008, Ms. Banulescu-Bogdan has also worked closely with MPI’s flagship international initiative, the Transatlantic Council on Migration, through which she has helped advise stakeholders on various aspects of migration management and authored countless private policy memos for governments in Europe, North America, and beyond. Prior to joining MPI, she worked at the Brookings Institution, helping to develop public policy seminars for senior government officials in the Institution’s executive education program.
Ms. Banulescu-Bogdan obtained her master’s in nationalism studies from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, where she wrote about the political mobilization of Roma in Romania. She received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. In her personal time, she manages an informal network of community volunteers supporting newly arrived refugees in Washington, DC and Maryland.
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The Election Results Are In: It is neither the end of Europe nor its rebirth
Nationalist parties gained in the May 2019 European Parliament elections but fell short of forecasts and face real constraints on influencing migration policy.
Foreign Fighters: Will Revoking Citizenship Mitigate the Threat?
Citizenship revocation against foreign fighters has unclear security benefits and risks two-tier citizenship, Muslim community stigma, and statelessness.
A New Vision for Immigrant Integration
As societies face pressures from immigration, labour market change, and other forces, the Integration Futures Working Group offers strategies to help newcomers and long-standing communities adapt to change.
Communicating Strategically about Immigrant Integration: Policymaker perspectives
Interviews across Europe reveal how governments can communicate more strategically about immigrant integration in an increasingly polarised environment.
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.
When Facts Don’t Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively about Immigration’s Costs and Benefits
Facts about immigration fail to persuade skeptical publics because human psychology and media fragmentation are more powerful forces than evidence alone.
In Search of Common Values amid Large-Scale Immigrant Integration Pressures
Shared values programmes in Europe narrowly target newcomers. This as domestic values remain contested and minority restrictions risk deepening the divisions they aim to resolve.
Rebuilding after Crisis: Embedding Refugee Integration in Migration Management Systems (Council Statement)
Successful refugee integration after Europe’s 2015-16 migration crisis requires aligning asylum and integration systems while rebuilding public trust in government’s ability to manage migration.
The Dutch Elections: How to lose and still shape the direction of a country—and possibly a continent?
Though Geert Wilders finished second in the 2017 Dutch elections, his anti-immigration agenda measurably pushed mainstream parties rightward across the political spectrum.
As Publics Fear Loss of National Identity, Far-Right Populist Movements Gain Strength
Brexit and Donald Trump's electoral victory showed that anti-immigration anxiety could fracture liberal democratic consensus across the West.
