Valentina Mazzucato

Valentina Mazzucato studies migrant flows. She and her research group were the first to study migrants as well as the families they leave behind, showing that migrants initially receive money and goods from their home country and only later send money and goods back. As a result, migrants and the families they have left behind often maintain close ties. Working with Ghanaian migrants, Mazzucato staged a play about her research that was performed for Dutch and Ghanaian policymakers, teachers and migrants and provided the basis for a round-table discussion.