My name is Julia Pingsdorf,

and I've been working at the Demography and Migration Unit of the JRC Ispra

for one year and a half.

I do research to support the European Union's decision-making on migration and asylum.

My team is actually supporting the implementation of the EU pact on Migration and Asylum.

This means that we provide evidence, data, analysis, but we also develop tools

to support policymakers in better understanding migration in the EU.

I would say that my work is a mix between research and policy support.

We work in very close coordination with colleagues

in the Commission, but also in other organisations like the UN, for example.

I'm working on methods to detect migration movements early on,

to support migration management.

We have also recently published a report on early warning methods for asylum.

I am proud that results of our work support EU policies.

For example, I have contributed to putting together information about EU countries’ migration,

reception and asylum systems that will directly support migration management at the EU level.

I love that our work brings together a very diverse group of people

who are involved in migration and asylum.

For example, we recently organised an activity called Horizon Scanning, where we brought

together colleagues from the Commission, from other EU agencies, and also from the UN.

And this was a great opportunity to engage in discussions about upcoming migration trends

and to gather their views on what developments might shape the near future.

The JRC, for me, is the place where I can work on topics

that I’m very passionate about, where I can learn a lot from colleagues

from very different backgrounds, while knowing that my work has an impact on EU policies.