Vasileia Digidiki

Vasileia Digidiki is an Instructor and Director of the Harvard FXB Summer Program on Migration and Refugee Studies, and Health and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard University. As a psychologist with 15+ years of experience, her work focuses on distress migration, child protection, and the intersection of human trafficking and forced migration.

Research initiatives span multiple countries including Greece, Bangladesh, West and Central Africa, Sudan, and Mexico. Key areas include:

• Access to education for displaced children
• Antenatal care access for migrant populations
• Child trafficking prevention and victim support
• Psychosocial impacts of forced migration

She has led research funded by international organizations including IOM, BRAC, and UNICEF. She has authored influential reports including the first worldwide analysis of child trafficking patterns.

Awards include the Health and Human Rights Fellowship (2019).