Digital Arrival City Podcast

Digital Arrival City

A podcast about digital technology, AI and migration

Cities have always been places of arrival. Today, a growing part of arriving happens online: newcomers find information, community, jobs and public services through apps, platforms, social media and, more and more, AI.

In Digital Arrival City I talk with researchers, practitioners and tech builders about how digital tools shape migrants' and refugees' arrival, from settlement work and open data to the opportunities and risks of AI. The episodes are in-depth conversations meant to stay useful long after they are published.

Hosted by Tobias Stapf, Berlin.

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All episodes

1. 11
   Nandini Jiva, Aapti Institute Migrants' ResTech and digital systems 1 July 2025
2. 10
   Dr. Jasmijn Slootjes, Migration Policy Institute Europe AI tools in migrant relocation 22 May 2025
3. 9
   Victoria Boeck, IBM iX Open data & the Digital Arrival City 1 March 2025
4. 8
   Lucia Nalbandian & Nick Dreher, CERC Migration The Migration Tech Tracker 12 December 2024
5. 7
   Isar Nejadgholi, University of Ottawa The potential and risks of AI for migrants and settlement work 6 December 2024
6. 6
   Marco Campana, Knowledge Mobilisation for Settlement Digital transformation and AI in the Canadian settlement sector 4 November 2024
7. 5
   Stein Monteiro, Conference Board of Canada How social media can empower newcomers 16 October 2024
8. 4
   Masoud Kianpour, Toronto Metropolitan University How migrants' identity narratives are shaped by social media 7 October 2024
9. 3
   Nick Noorani, Immigrant Networks Canada Migrant peer-to-peer digital support networks 1 October 2024
10. 2
    Ömer Cavusoglu Berlin & London as global and digital cities 30 September 2024
11. 1
    Digital Arrival City – Introduction What the podcast is about and why 26 September 2024

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