Alina Lyapina worked from March 2022 to May 2023 as a communications and public relations coordinator in the field of migration at the Berlin Governance Platform, including in the project "Municipal Reception of Refugees in Europe as Municipal Development" within the Municipal Integration and Development Initiative (MIDI). More recently, she was involved in the "Re:Match" project, which is piloting an innovative model for a better, human rights-based and more sustainable distribution of people seeking protection in Europe. Previously, she worked as a project officer at Agora Energiewende focussing on Just Transition in South African municipalities.
Alina studied political science at the University of Hamburg with a focus on human rights and has extensive knowledge of progressive local politics and participatory approaches in Europe. She has extensive experience in cooperation between civil society initiatives and municipalities in the field of migration at the German and EU level, such as the movement Pier and From The Sea To The City. Alina was also involved in the conceptualisation of "Moving Cities" a mapping platform that provides comprehensive information on municipal and civil society approaches to the reception of migrants and refugees.