David Kipp, Dipl.-Pol.
Global Issues Senior Associate
Areas of Expertise
FocusMigration cooperation, recruitment of skilled labour and EU migration policy
Working Groups ProjectsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2016 Researcher in the project »Strategic Refugee and Migration Policy«
2009-2015 Policy Officer in the offices of Members of the German Bundestag, Berlin
2008 Researcher at the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), Bonn
2008-2009 Participation at the programme »Germany Close Up - American Jews Meet Modern Germany«, Berlin
2002-2007 Dipl. Political Science at Otto Suhr Institute, Freie Universität Berlin
SWP Publications
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The Indo-German Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement: Progress and Challenges
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The Potential of Bilateral Migration Agreements
From Symbolic Politics to Practical Implementation
SWP Comment 2024/C 47, 10.10.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C47
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The Externalisation of European Refugee Protection
A Legal, Practical and Political Assessment of Current Proposals
SWP Comment 2024/C 13, 28.03.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C13
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Germany is Looking for Foreign Labour
How to make recruitment development-orientated, sustainable and fair
SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 03, 27.03.2023, 45 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023RP03
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Maintaining Mobility for Those Fleeing the War in Ukraine
From Short-term Protection to Longer-term Perspectives
SWP Comment 2022/C 26, 08.04.2022, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C26
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Cities and Their Networks in EU‑Africa Migration Policy
Are They Really Game Changers?
SWP Research Paper 2021/RP 08, 29.11.2021, 33 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021RP08
External publications
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Merz's migration gamble
Interview by Nina Haase, in: Deutsche Welle, 04.04.2025 (online) -
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 -
Greece Border Fence
Greek builds a 40km fence on border with Turkey
Interview by Sawda Mohamoud, in: BBC World News, 21.08.2021 -
Europe struggles to find common migration policy
Interview with David Kipp
In: DW News, 09.07.2019 (online). -
Migration study: Europe needs to understand the African context
How far should the EU go to reach its migration agenda? Researchers in Berlin looked at the cooperation between the EU and authoritarian states in Africa.
Interview by Jane Nyingi, in: Deutsche Welle, 21.04.2018 (online) -
Mixed migration
Challenges and options for the ongoing project of German and European asylum and migration policy
Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.), May 2017, 60 pages