About the Global Program

MPI’s Global Program acts as a policy laboratory for developing innovative, evidence-based, and politically feasible solutions to worldwide migration policy challenges. From exploring how megatrends such as climate change and AI affect labor markets to designing new templates for international cooperation in an era of political disruption to crafting specific policy advice for national governments designing migration infrastructure from scratch, the Global Program strives to inform ongoing policy debates across world regions—with on-the-ground research in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. 

Working in close partnership with Brussels-based sister organization MPI Europe, the Global Program combines MPI’s evidence-based research and analysis with pragmatic policy insights to deliver actionable recommendations on immigration and integration policy. It leverages its cross-country expertise to generate thoughtful comparative research and convene productive policy dialogues across different geographies and sectors.

Program staff frequently advise national and subnational governments in Europe, North America, and Central and South America, as well as increasingly across Africa and the Asia Pacific; they also advise EU and UN institutions. MPI continues to respond to opportunities to expand its international reach and bring together diverse groups of constituents to share ideas and effective practices. Its goal is to grow an authoritative evidence base and dynamic platform for knowledge exchange that can generate practical solutions to the world’s most critical migration challenges.

The Global Program’s five main pillars of work are:

• Rethinking the future of humanitarian protection systems
• Designing legal pathways for an era of profound technological and demographic shifts
• Restoring public trust in migration and strengthening social cohesion amid rapid social change
• Targeting development investments to harness the potential of migration and build resilience to climate change
• Rethinking international cooperation and improving the governance of migration.