Research & Advocacy
Education Pathways
Opening up education to employment pathways for underrepresented talent through digital learning
Research
Identifying, curating and cultivating spaces of collaboration to address critical gaps in the field
Advocacy
Convening diverse public and private stakeholders to address system change in refugee education
Migration Summit
MIT Emerging Talent, Na’amal and Karam Foundation are the co-hosts of the Migration Summit, a month-long global convening designed to build bridges between diverse communities of displaced learners, universities, companies, nonprofits and NGOs, social enterprises, foundations, philanthropists, researchers, and employers around the key challenges and opportunities for refugee and migrant communities.
Portraits of Talent
Join our evergrowing collection of portraits and share your experiences, advice, and encouragement with our community!
Revisit Events
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Interactive Map
This interactive map brings to life the depth and breadth of the hundreds of participating organizations in the Migration Summit community, all of whom are dedicated to supporting displaced communities through advocacy, education, and employment pathways.
Employer Toolkit
This Employers’ Guide was designed to support organizations in each step of the recruitment and hiring journey, from the strategic planning stage to implementation. It included critical insights and examples from the Migration Summit, emphasizing accessibility, empowerment, and authentic community building.
More Initiatives
Building on MIT ReACT’s commitment to research-driven program development, MIT Emerging Talent continued to assess and refine its educational model through rigorous study and continuous improvement. This research foundation ensured our programs remained responsive to learner needs and effective in achieving meaningful outcomes for displaced and underserved communities.
We collaborated with the Whitaker Peace Development Initiative (WPDI) to design a digital learning platform for the WPDI Community Learning Center in Kiryandongo, Uganda. Through interactive capacity-building and co-designed workshops, the team brought together WPDI leaders, instructors, and learners with technologists and instructional designers to develop digital learning modules in ICT, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Peace Building and Conflict Resolution. These modules were piloted at WPDI's IT Lab in Kiryandongo, with support from the Western Union Foundation.
MIT ReACT, Na'amal, TalentLift, World Education Services, and the Tent Partnership for Refugees developed a Guide on Redesigning the Tech Hiring Process to Include Displaced Talent. The guide drew insights from workshops held in 2021 which brought together tech hiring teams across Canada, refugee candidates, and supporting nonprofit and training organizations.
With the support of the The MIT Integrated Learning Initiative we developed a comparative study between learners who chose internships versus self-guided experiential projects within the Computer and Data Science (CDS) Certificate Program. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to assess the learning effectiveness of structured mentoring opportunities and their impact on the learner experience and future work placement.
MIT Emerging Talent is a proud member of the Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium (CLCC), a collaborative network of universities, NGOs, and humanitarian organizations working to promote quality higher education and professional development for communities in contexts of crisis and displacement through connected learning. The diverse CLCC community has been instrumental to our success, helping recruit talented learners and connecting them with scholarships, internships, and event opportunities that advance their careers.
Dr. Admir Masic, faculty founder, and Dr. Lana Cook, former program director, served on the President's Alliance for Higher Education and Immigration's Working Group on University Sponsorship of Refugee Students in 2022. Alongside diverse partner organizations, we helped shape the "RESPONSE Campaign," which engaged colleges and universities to provide education pathways for refugee students to study, resettle, and obtain legal permanent residence in the U.S.