John van Kooy

John is a social researcher, policy analyst and evaluation practitioner with over 15 years of experience working in Australia, Southeast Asia and East Africa. He is currently a Senior Research Analyst for both the Scanlon Institute and Welcoming Australia. John completed a PhD with the Migration and Inclusion Centre at Monash University in 2022, which focused on the neighbourhood conditions for refugee settlement in Australia. He has published numerous reports and articles on issues of settlement, integration, inclusion and participation of migrants and refugees.