Lea Rau is responsible for the technical lead of the EU-funded project Impact Cities. Previously, she was a specialist for advocacy and communication in the project. Re:Match and did the predecessor project Impact Cities Cities4Refugees implemented.
Lea is in the civil society network From The Sea To The City active and works closely with the members of the municipal network International Alliance of Safe Harbours. Furthermore, for Caritas, she acts as an independent deportation monitor at BER Airport and as a country expert for the Asylum Information Database ECRE active. With the aim of a human rights-based EU migration policy, she is particularly committed to cross-organisational cooperation between various stakeholders and to forging alliances. Through her voluntary work on land for civilian sea rescue and at the Greek external border in crisis response for those seeking protection arriving there, she can contribute important practical insights to her work.
Lea holds an M.A. degree in International Relations from Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität Berlin and the University of Potsdam.