Paddy Siyanga Knudsen

Paddy Siyanga Knudsen is a Zambian national with over 17 years of professional experience as a Development Economist. She holds a Master in Financial Economics from SOAS and BSc Development & Economics from London School of Economics.  Her work covers development cooperation, regional integration and migration governance. Her experience includes supporting governments, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), bilateral development partners, EU  institutions, Civil society and UN agencies in engagement strategies, research, programme formulation, implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation.  She has worked with IOM, UNESCO, UNHCR, EU institutions, civil society, foundations and diaspora organisations in continental Europe, Jordan, China, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe as well as other assignments in West and East Africa. Her areas of interest in migration governance include labour migration, migration and development as well as diaspora engagement. She has contributed to several policy frameworks and co-authored a chapter in the 2024 World Migration Report. She is a Vice President of the Global Research Forum on Diaspora & Transnationalism (GRFDT), member of  UN Network on Migration (UNNM) workstreams, GFMD Civil Society International Steering Committee as well as the GIZ/MEG Diaspora Advisory Board. She also coordinates the African Non-state Actors Platform on Migration and Development.