Andra-Lucia Martinescu

Andra-Lucia Martinescu is both a scholar and a changemaker. She pursued International Relations at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), where she is yet to submit her PhD. Her professional journey has included roles with prestigious think tanks such as RAND Europe, the Royal United Services Institute for Security & Defence (RUSI) and the Foreign Policy Centre (London), where she currently serves as a Research Fellow for the post-Soviet space. Andra was also a Resident Fellow with the British Army’s Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, based at Sandhurst.

In 2018, she pivoted into yet another challenging domain, co-founding The Diaspora Initiative (TDI), a non-profit and independent research project focused on diasporas, migration and development. With TDI, Andra’s pioneering efforts sought to harness the power of networks to understand and amplify the impact of diasporas. Her contributions are interdisciplinary, spanning diaspora governance, strategic engagement, grassroots mobilisations, and the multifaceted contributions of diasporic communities. Passionate about innovative approaches to complex global issues, Andra’s trajectory embodies the intersection of research, policy, and societal transformation.