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Myriam Cherti

Myriam Cherti

Senior Research Fellow

Phone: +44 (0)20 7470 6158
Email: m.cherti@ippr.org
 

Areas of expertise:

  • Migrant integration
  • Irregular immigration
  • Diaspora policy

Myriam joined IPPR in May 2009. Prior to this, she was a project coordinator at the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum where she led on an oral history project on the Moroccan diaspora in the UK. Myriam also worked as a consultant and researcher on a number of European projects looking at the integration of ethnic minorities. She has also taught at the University of Sussex.

Myriam holds an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and a PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex. Her doctoral research critically examines the pertinence of social capital as an analytical tool in explaining patterns of exclusion and inclusion among Moroccans in London.

Myriam is also currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, and a Research Analyst with the Open Society Institute.