Fanny TITTEL-MOSSER PhD

Migration & development specialist | diaspora | research, policy & practice

Freelance

Multilingual migration and development specialist with international experience. Experienced in research as well as in the management and implementation of projects in areas such as diaspora engagement, migration policies, mobility, EU external cooperation, youth and intercultural dialogue. I have worked with international organisations, the research sector, NGOs and the private sector.

Holder of a Marie Curie PhD in Law from the University of Minho in Portugal on “The legal and policy relevance of EU Mobility Partnerships: A comparative study of Morocco and Cape Verde”. My areas of interest include diaspora engagement, international development, migration governance, climate mobility and sustainable cities.

Why Work With Me?

I bring a rare combination of global comparative experience, EU policy expertise and hands-on programme knowledge across more than 100 countries. My work sits at the intersection of migration policy, diaspora engagement and development practice, allowing me to translate complex issues into clear, practical and strategic solutions for clients.

• Deep EU migration policy expertise – including Mobility Partnerships, Talent Partnerships and legal pathways – enabling precise, policy-aligned analysis and recommendations.

• Extensive comparative diaspora experience – built through multi-regional mappings (Africa, LAC, MENA, Asia, Central Asia, Europe) and sectoral studies across health, entrepreneurship, research, youth and heritage.

• Specialised skills in diaspora mobilisation – from skills profiling methodologies to talent schemes, volunteering programmes and expertise deployment.

• Strong grounding in programme realities – through learning reviews, real-time assessments, and direct support to government institutions, diaspora organisations and implementing partners.

• A commitment to clarity and usability – ensuring all outputs are decision-ready, actionable and tailored to operational and policy contexts.

• Multilingual delivery (EN/FR/ES) – enabling effective collaboration across diverse stakeholders and regions.

What sets me apart

Clients work with me when they need rigorous analysis, strategic insight and practical support delivered with professionalism, nuance and an understanding of both policy and field realities.

Where I worked

Outside of the EU I've worked across Algeria, Cabo Verde, Lebanon, Madagascar, Moldova, Morocco, Peru, Saint Lucia, USA, and Venezuela.

Publications

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, A Typology of Diaspora Engagement Institutions (2023) EUDiF, Brussels: ICMPD https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/typology-of-diaspora-institutions/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, What is a diaspora organisation? A starting guide.(2024) EUDiF, Brussels: ICMPD. https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/starting-guide-what-is-a-diaspora-organisation/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Creating diaspora skills profiles, Learning by doing series (2024) EUDiF, Brussels: ICMPD https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/our-knowledge/creating-diaspora-skills-profiles/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Legal and Policy Relevance of EU Mobility Partnerships in Morocco and Cape Verde: the role of epistemic communities (2023) JEMS volume 49(12) https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2193714

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Labour Immigration: Can « Soft » Instruments Provide Legal Pathways for Third Country Nationals? 53 in Eva Kassoti and Narin Idriz, The Informalisation of the EU's External Action in the field of Migration and Asylum (Springer 2022)

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Diaspora engagement: Africa. Regional Series (2021) EUDiF https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/africa/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Diaspora engagement: Latin America & the Caribbean. Regional Series (2021) EUDiF https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/latin-america-caribbean/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Diaspora engagement: Middle East. Regional Series (2021) EUDiF https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/middle-east/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Diaspora engagement: Central Asia. Regional Series (2021) EUDiF https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/eastern-europe-central-asia/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Diaspora engagement: Asia. Regional Series (2021) EUDiF https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/asia/

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Implementing EU Mobility Partnerships: Putting Soft Law into Practice (Routledge 2020)

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Mobility Partnerships: a tool for the externalization of EU migration policy? A comparative study of Morocco and Cape Verde 238 in Sergio Carrera, Juan Santos Vara and Tineke Strik, Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis: Legality, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Reconsidered (Edward Elgar Publishing 2019)

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, The Unintended Legal and Policy Relevance of EU Mobility Partnerships: A Comparative Implementation Analysis of Morocco and Cape Verde (2018) European Journal of Migration and Law Volume 20(3) 314-337. https://doi:10.1163/15718166-12340033.

• Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Reversed conditionality in EU External Migration Policy: the case of Morocco (2018) Journal of European Contemporary Research Volume 14(4). https://doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v14i3.843.

• Leonhard den Hertog and Fanny Tittel-Mosser, Implementing Mobility Partnerships: Delivering What? in Pathways for Legal Migration into the EU: Reappraising Concepts, Trajectories, and Policies, EURANET paperback CEPS 2017 https://www.ceps.eu/publications/pathways-towards-legal-migration-eu-reappraising-concepts-trajectories-and-policies.

Location

Based in Hungary/France, I work remotely across Europe and beyond, connecting with diaspora communities worldwide.

Address

Budapest, Hungary

Hours

Mon-Fri, flexible