Nadine Knapp, M.A.
Global Issues Associate
Areas of Expertise
- Development cooperation
- Migration
- Migration policy
Nadine Knapp works on various topics at the intersection of forced displacement, migration and development. She is particularly interested in human (im)mobility in the context of climate change, durable solutions in the context of (protracted) internal displacement, and the design of development-oriented labor migration.
Working Groups ProjectsShort Curriculum Vitae
Since 2023 Researcher in the project »Migration and Displacement in a Shifting Global Order«, funded by BMZ
2021-2022 Reasearch Assistant (2019-2021 Student Assistant) in the project »Forced Displacement, Migration, and Development«, funded by BMZ
2018 External Consultant, 'Decentralisation and Good Governance in Rwanda', Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Kigali
2015-2016 Junior Project Manager, Programme Office of the International Climate Initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Berlin
2017-2021 M.A. in Political Science, Free University Berlin
2013-2017 B.A. in Politics, Administration and Organisation, University Potsdam
SWP Publications
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Migration Routes in Focus
Route-based Approaches between Protection and Control
SWP Comment 2026/C 32, 13.08.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C32
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Protection Gaps in Germany’s Skilled Labour Migration System
Fair Recruitment as a Means of Preventing Exploitation
SWP Comment 2026/C 30, 22.07.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C30
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When Home Becomes Uninhabitable
Planned Relocations as a Global Challenge in the Era of Climate Change
SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 01, 22.01.2026, 34 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026RP01
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The Legacy of the UN Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement
How to Maintain Political Momentum after the Mandate Expires
SWP Comment 2024/C 51, 05.11.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C51
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Migration: Intersectional Discrimination in Labour Migration
in: Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in PracticeContribution to a Research Paper 2024/RP 09, 21.06.2024, 81 Pages, pp. 60–64
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Displacement and Migration in the International Climate Negotiations
Loss and Damage Debate Offers New Scope for Action
SWP Comment 2023/C 56, 04.12.2023, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C56
External publications
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Integrating refugees: Lessons from Germany since 2015–16
Worldbank background paper to the World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies, April 2023, 48 pages
