The LDE GMD Seed Fund is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary and interuniversity collaboration in research, community engagement, and impactful initiatives. The diverse and high-quality applications received from across the LDE universities for this second edition demonstrate a strong collective commitment to advancing scholarship and encouraging dialogue on critical issues related to migration and diversity.
We are pleased to announce the selection of five projects for the 2025–2026 funding round, awarded across three funding streams: Research, Event Fund, and Community Fund. These projects embody the collaborative and innovative spirit that the LDE GMD Seed Fund is designed to support.
Community Fund
Designing Intersectional Inclusion: Co-designing Inclusive Workplaces with the Queer People of Colour (QPOC) Community
• Alex Huang (ESSB)
• Ajay Jagadeesh (TU Delft / CEG)
• Ingrid Mulder (TU Delft / IDE)
• Jojanneke van der Toorn (Leiden)
• Laura den Dulk (ESSB)
• Masuma Shahid (ESL)
• Workplace Pride Foundation POC Community
• QuEUR – EUR Pride Network
• TrueU – TU Delft Pride Network
Research Fund
Crossing Boundaries: Enhancing Ethnographic Approaches in Research on Migration and Diversity
• Mieke Kox (Erasmus School of Law)
• Thomas Swerts (ESSB)
• Lieke van der Veer (TU Delft)
• Laura Cleton (ESSB)
• Hannah Kay (ESSB)
• Carola Vasileiadi (ESSB)
• Nanneke Winters (ISS)
• Roy Huijsmans (ISS)
• Zeynep Kasli (ISS)
• Marhabo Saparova (ISS)
• Malika Ouacha (RSM)
• Marlou Schrover (Leiden History)
• Maartje van der Woude (Leiden Law School)
• Nicolien de Gier (Leiden Law School)
Architecture, Diplomacy, Mobility, Identity: Policies of Migrant Integration in Practice. The case of Chinese migrant communities in Serbia and Netherlands.
• Aleksandar Staničić (TU Delft Architecture)
• Jovan Pešalj (Leiden Humanities)
• Vincent Chang (Leiden Humanities)
INCLUDE – Investigating Institutional Constraints & Leveraging Underrepresented Diversity: Experiences Through Micro-Moments of the Migrant Student Journey
• Chintan Kella (RSM)
• Lidwine Spoormans (TU Delft)
• Yumna Asaf (EUR IDEA)
• Kate Kirk (Leiden University / EUR)
Event Fund
Beyond Remittances: Diasporic Aid and Care in Times of Crises
• Gabriela Villacis (ISS)
• Haya AlFarra (ISS)
• Francesca Sofia Selano (Leiden)
• Zeynep Kasli (ISS)
• Radhika Gupta (Leiden)
Congratulations to the awarded project teams! In the coming months, we will feature blog posts and share event updates of awarded seed fund projects. Stay tuned to the GMD news to learn more about the projects.