Florian Dirmayer is an ESI Fellow since September 2025 focusing on the lessons U.S. migration policy holds for Europe. Dedicated to improving lives through public policy, he has worked at the intersection of democracy, migration, and foreign affairs on four continents. In 2024, he joined USAID’s Juntos Aprendemos project in Bogotá to advance the inclusion of Venezuelan children in Colombia. Previously, he was a Schuman Trainee in the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and held positions at the International Organization for Migration in Cairo and the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC. He holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, where his research at the Belfer and Weatherhead Centers focused on European foreign policy and migration governance, and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Salzburg.