KOODAL

KOODAL

A dynamic, co-created space to connect, share insights, and build real learnings

A dynamic, co-created space to connect, share insights, and build real learnings

A dynamic, co-created space to connect, share insights, and build real learnings

This Community of Practice (CoP) lies at the intersection of migration and technology, connecting the dots on policy, practice, and the people who count the most in migration management. 

ABOUT KOODAL

The word derives from Tamil, meaning ‘gathering’—also referring to a legend where vast halls miraculously emerged to shelter people amid torrential rain.

The word derives from Tamil, meaning ‘gathering’—also referring to a legend where vast halls miraculously emerged to shelter people amid torrential rain.

This space is for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists to bring interdisciplinary perspectives and lived experiences to how technology impacts people on the move.

Join our community to collaboratively reimagine ideas of protection, agency and solidarity in the digital age.

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This space is for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists to bring interdisciplinary perspectives and lived experiences to how technology impacts people on the move.

This space is for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists to bring interdisciplinary perspectives and lived experiences to how technology impacts people on the move.

Upcoming Koodal Sessions

Upcoming Koodal Sessions

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Past Koodal Sessions

Past Koodal Sessions

Pardesi is a portal launched to create awareness for Nepali migrants on migration-related services. It is a collaborative effort by Nepali migrant organisations and MIDEQ.

Pardesi is a portal launched to create awareness for Nepali migrants on migration-related services. It is a collaborative effort by Nepali migrant organisations and MIDEQ.

Refugee Phrasebook is a multilingual tool that provides basic, useful vocabulary related to the most common immediate needs. It is an open collaborative project that assembles important phrases from various fields, building a collection of useful words and phrases for refugees who have just arrived in destination countries.

Refugee Phrasebook is a multilingual tool that provides basic, useful vocabulary related to the most common immediate needs. It is an open collaborative project that assembles important phrases from various fields, building a collection of useful words and phrases for refugees who have just arrived in destination countries.

Angel’s Nest is a people-centred organisation based in South Africa, dedicated to advancing human rights, addressing climate change, and promoting peace and security.

Angel’s Nest is a people-centred organisation based in South Africa, dedicated to advancing human rights, addressing climate change, and promoting peace and security.

David Kipp’s and Seeta Sharma’s piece on why Indian immigration to Germany needs to be adjusted explores the changing composition of migrants along the Indo-German corridor and the risks of an unregulated recruitment system to the labour market.

David Kipp’s and Seeta Sharma’s piece on why Indian immigration to Germany needs to be adjusted explores the changing composition of migrants along the Indo-German corridor and the risks of an unregulated recruitment system to the labour market.

Denise and Manisha’s policy brief exploring fair migration along the India-EU corridor, where they draw on their collective experience working with stakeholders across the Indo-German skilled migration corridor—including Indian skilled migrants, EU employers, recruitment and educational intermediaries, and public institutions—to argue that the core challenge is not a lack of effort but a lack of coordination.

Denise and Manisha’s policy brief exploring fair migration along the India-EU corridor, where they draw on their collective experience working with stakeholders across the Indo-German skilled migration corridor—including Indian skilled migrants, EU employers, recruitment and educational intermediaries, and public institutions—to argue that the core challenge is not a lack of effort but a lack of coordination.

Anna’s co-authored paper on ‘Dynamic Social Vulnerability Mapping Using Facebook Data’ offers a way to leverage geolocated social media data from Meta-Facebook to understand population density and movement and anticipate vulnerability to climate-related risks.

Anna’s co-authored paper on ‘Dynamic Social Vulnerability Mapping Using Facebook Data’ offers a way to leverage geolocated social media data from Meta-Facebook to understand population density and movement and anticipate vulnerability to climate-related risks.

Setuwelt is a non-profit organisation, whose flagship scholarship program connects selected Indian youth to apprenticeship opportunities in Germany. They equip scholars with language training, cultural support, and mentorship, while forging partnerships with employers to secure apprenticeship roles that lead to long-term, full-time employment.

Setuwelt is a non-profit organisation, whose flagship scholarship program connects selected Indian youth to apprenticeship opportunities in Germany. They equip scholars with language training, cultural support, and mentorship, while forging partnerships with employers to secure apprenticeship roles that lead to long-term, full-time employment.

Margie Cheesman’s paper on ‘Self-Sovereignty for Refugees? The Contested Horizons of Digital Identity’ is a critical account of the implications of ‘self-sovereign identity’ (SSI) for border politics and migration management. 

Margie Cheesman’s paper on ‘Self-Sovereignty for Refugees? The Contested Horizons of Digital Identity’ is a critical account of the implications of ‘self-sovereign identity’ (SSI) for border politics and migration management. 

From Our Community

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RBF visit the Aapti Office, Feb 2026

RBF visit the Aapti Office, Feb 2026

Antara and Rohan at the DPI Summit, Nov 2025

Antara and Rohan at the DPI Summit, Nov 2025

Rohan at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2024

Rohan at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2024

AI Summit, Feb 2026

AI Summit, Feb 2026

Antara and Poorvi with LHR in Cape Town, Sept 2025

Antara and Poorvi with LHR in Cape Town, Sept 2025

Kavya in Kerala, April 2026

Kavya in Kerala, April 2026

Nandini and Rohan with Myles Delfin in Metro Manila, July 2025

Nandini and Rohan with Myles Delfin in Metro Manila, July 2025

Nandini at Privacy Camp, Sept 2025

Nandini at Privacy Camp, Sept 2025

Nandini, Poorvi, and Rohan present at the Solid Symposium, April 2025

Nandini, Poorvi, and Rohan present at the Solid Symposium, April 2025

Rohan and Soujanya at UNWDF, 2025

Rohan and Soujanya at UNWDF, 2025

Rohan at ICRIER's CoP

Rohan at ICRIER's CoP

Rohingya Refugee Culture Centre, Cox's Bazar, 2024

Rohingya Refugee Culture Centre, Cox's Bazar, 2024

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