Interns’ research will span a variety of legal and pedagogical topics essential to the training and
sensitisation processes.

Studying law or political science, human rights or psychology

Neil Grungras is the Founder and Principal of Grungras Consultancy. A highly specialised counsellor and trainer on international migration law, practice and policy, he is a leading globally-recognised expert on migration and refugee matters implicating sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (SOGIE). During the past decade, Mr. Grungras has trained over 3,000 asylum, refugee and migration professionals at dozens of agencies on five continents. Institutions trained and consulted include the Council of Europe, the European Union Asylum Agency (EEAU - EASO), US Department of State resettlement support centers in Kenya, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and multiple governments including Australia, Austria, Israel, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Mr. Grungras has authored 18 publications on SOGIE-related migration and refugees. He has counselled and directed legal assistance to thousands of individual migrants from scores of countries.