Md Yeasir Yunus

Overview
Interdisciplinary researcher in experimental social science, qualitative, and mixed-methods research
Interests span migration and displacement, human trafficking and modern slavery, culture, memory, asylum interviewing and human behaviour
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My research has consistently centred on displaced populations. What has changed is the lens through which I study them. I began in Population Sciences, examining migration patterns, refugee communities, and the broader conditions shaping forced displacement. During my master’s, I shifted towards the systems surrounding migration, including human trafficking, organised crime, security, and migration governance. My PhD in Psychology brought the focus closer to a critical point within those systems: the asylum interview. Across these different levels of analysis, the goal has remained the same: to make the systems affecting displaced people fairer and more accurate.

— Yeasir Yunus