The Journeys Project explores the lived experiences of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers through both human stories and empirical research. By centering the financial, legal, and social realities of displacement, the project seeks to build tools for researchers, policymakers, and educators to better understand migration in all its complexity.
Leadership
Kimberley Wilson – Founder & Lead Researcher
Kim Wilson is the founder of The Journeys Project and a Senior Lecturer at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. She is a core faculty member of the Henry J. Leir Institute and has led pioneering research into the financial journeys of displaced people worldwide. Kimberley continues to shape the project’s empirical research, supervising graduate fellows and advancing scholarship on how displaced people navigate the economic dimensions of migration.
Annie Bright – Director, Legal Research
Annie Bright (J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University) leads the legal dimensions of The Journeys Project. A practicing immigration attorney and current faculty member at St. Mary’s University School of Law, Annie has represented detained and non-detained immigrants in immigration proceedings, including litigation and appeals in Texas immigration courts. Her research and teaching focus on constitutional law, immigration law, and humanitarian protection. At The Journeys Project, Annie guides the work on legal frameworks, rights, and protections for people on the move .
Contributors
The Journeys Project has grown through the collaboration of many researchers, faculty, and graduate fellows. Contributors have included:
- Roxani Krystalli – Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center; Lecturer at the University of St Andrews.
- Swati Mehta – Research Associate, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
- Hans-Martin Zademach – Professor of Economic Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
- Julie Zollmann – PhD candidate, The Fletcher School, Tufts University .
Together, this community of scholars and practitioners contributes to documenting and analyzing the journeys of displaced people across continents—illuminating not just the risks and hardships of migration, but also the resilience, ingenuity, and determination of those who undertake it.