The Research Network
The researchers behind the record.
Every country in the AER dataset was researched by someone reading that country's statistical system in its own language: independent researchers, statisticians, translators, lawyers, economists and journalists across five continents, working to one structured template under the editorial supervision of the American Emigration Revue.
They are credited here jointly, as the network behind the body of work. The research itself, and responsibility for every published figure, is AER's.
Ace Ayalon
Independent research and automation consultant in Sydney, Australia. Public-record intelligence, multi-source evidence collection and verification.
Alba Cristal Vásquez Payano
Senior transfer-pricing and tax consultant in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. Regulatory compliance and benchmarking across multinational sectors.
Angel Santos Ortega Gonzalez
Independent attorney and strategic policy analyst in Panama City, Panama. Governance, regulation and systemic risk.
Anisia Kristuli
Banking and research professional in Tirana, Albania. Financial services, market research and data-quality work for international clients.
Brian Powell
Arabic–English translator and researcher. Primary-source work across government publications, ministry documents and legal codes.
Chen Hui
Researcher in policy interpretation and financial analysis, publishing in Chinese and English. A decade across academia and banking; doctoral candidate in finance.
Daniella Smithson
Caribbean development economist in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. Competitiveness and fiscal benchmarking across the OECS and CARICOM regions.
Elena Dobrolyubova
Independent consultant in Belgrade, Serbia. Public governance, public finance and statistics across Europe and Central Asia, in Russian and English.
Eri Maeda
Bilingual researcher in Osaka, Japan. Official-statistics and government-source review in Japanese and English.
Eriana Trihastuty
Independent market researcher in Jakarta, Indonesia. Qualitative and quantitative research across Southeast Asia.
Fatma Karakuş
Software engineer in Istanbul, Türkiye. Backend systems, data pipelines and structured research tooling, in Turkish and English.
Flordeliz Topez
Statistical specialist at the Philippine Statistics Authority in Quezon City. Official statistics practitioner and former mathematics teacher.
Gerardo Antonio Sánchez Aramburu
Corporate, regulatory and real-estate legal analyst in Mexico City. Review of legal and financial documentation in Spanish and English.
Hoesun Hwang
Full-stack AI developer and data analyst in Seoul, South Korea. Data pipelines and time-series analytics, in Korean and English.
Jason J. Moody
Bilingual sustainability consultant and environmental research specialist in Montréal, Canada. Data sourcing, source verification and synthesis, in English and French.
Kakhi Chakvetadze
Business journalist and editor in Tbilisi, Georgia. Markets, rankings and sector analysis, in Georgian and English.
Kanittha Iamthirakul
Strategic operations coordinator in Bangkok, Thailand. Cross-functional coordination and data control, in Thai and English.
Letícia Nayelle Higino Costa
Data analyst and commercial consultant in Bauru, Brazil. Government and public-data research, in Portuguese and English.
Liceth Osorio Osorio
Independent software developer and research assistant in Antioquia, Colombia. Technical and administrative research work, in Spanish and English.
Lynda Joeman
Independent research consultant in Kent, England. Decades of mixed-methods research, survey design and secondary-data analysis.
Ngo Dinh Minh
B2B sales and market-research consultant in Da Nang, Vietnam. Qualitative and quantitative research, in Vietnamese and English.
Ogunkeyede Boluwatife Deborah
Market and public-data research analyst in Lagos, Nigeria. Statistical portals across multilingual jurisdictions in English, French and German.
Renzo Caccin
Political-science researcher in Guatemala City. Quantitative and qualitative methods, public-opinion analysis, in Spanish and English.
Roberta Gutierrez Ceja
Bilingual market-research and administrative-support specialist in Mexico. Vendor and market research across web, email and phone channels.
Zaid Omari
Research and data-collection specialist in Amman, Jordan. Web research, data cleaning and validation, in Arabic and English.
The field research phase ran from April to May 2026. Full biographical entries appear in the contributors annex of the printed volume.