Biography
Supervisor: Carlos Vargas-Silva and Isabel Ruiz
College Affiliation: Green Templeton College
Vittorio Bruni is a DPhil student in Migration Studies and a Grand Union DTP Scholar with an Advanced Quantitative Methods award. He has a strong interest in human migration and the various themes that intersect with it. His DPhil research investigates vulnerabilities to human trafficking and exploitation in the context of labour migration from Myanmar to Thailand.
Vittorio holds a BA in Development Economics and International Cooperation, as well as an MSc in Public Policy, Human Development, and Migration Studies. After finishing his studies, Vittorio worked for the United Nations University – Merit as a research officer. In this position, he mainly focussed on migration routes from West Africa to Europe and on the intersections between gender, migration, and corruption. Later, he joined the Regional Office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was part of a regional project examining migration and displacement in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan. Vittorio later took up a position as the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) coordinator for Thailand and Laos PDR, conducting quantitative primary research activities on labour migration in these countries. In his latest position, Vittorio served as the Lead International Research Consultant for a research project on stranded migrants and returnees implemented by the DTM unit of IOM in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, and Tajikistan.
Publications
What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Article | VoxDev | June 2025