Dr Jonathan Harris is the Principal Investigator of the project Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration Development Nexus, funded by Research Ireland. He is currently Assistant Professor in Political Geography in the School of History and Geography at Dublin City University, which he joined in 2024 after holding posts at King’s College London and Stranmillis University College. He completed his PhD at Cambridge University. His research contributes to critical debates about international migration, social justice, and postcolonial citizenship by examining the geopolitical assemblages of diasporic and educational settings, with a particular focus on Francophone postcolonial contexts.