Amy Stapleton

Amy Stapleton works within the Irish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN), which is based in the ESRI. The overall objective of the EMN is to improve the availability of, and access to, information concerning migration and asylum at European and Member State level in order to support policy and decision-making in the EU.

With a Masters in intercultural mediation and migration studies and a BSc (Hons) in international development and food policy, Amy is currently completing her PhD on migrant youth transitions in the School of Social Work and Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin.

Prior to joining the ESRI, Amy worked as a project manager and researcher on several international, national and local commissioned projects, including with the EU Commission and the Council of Europe, actively contributing to evidence based European policy making in the field of youth and migration.