About CDMR
Bridging research and real-world practice.
We are the Centre for Disinformation and Migration Research (CDMR). We work across South Asia, with a deep grounding in Bangladesh, to bridge the gap between research and real-world practice.
At CDMR, we focus on a critical overlap: how information disorder directly impacts migration, labour, trafficking, refugees, and displacement. We generate local data, conduct grounded research, and provide actionable insights that help governments and international organisations build evidence-based policies.
Rather than just studying problems, we design solutions to protect vulnerable people from online deception, digital recruitment scams, and false narratives that disrupt their lives.
Vision, mission, goal
Our Vision
We envision a South Asia where migration is safe, informed, and governed by evidence, completely free from the manipulative effects of disinformation. We want communities to possess the critical thinking and literacy skills that ensure migrants and displaced populations can make decisions based on facts and verification.
Our Mission
We strengthen information ecosystems by directly addressing the intersection of disinformation and migration. We conduct rigorous research, build the capacity of local communities and journalists, and provide advisory support to policymakers.
Our Goal
Our goal is to fight against online deception and develop practical solutions for migration governance by focusing on labour mobility, human trafficking, refugee contexts, and climate displacement.
Our objectives
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Map information disorder
To map and analyse how information disorder shapes the journeys of labour migrants, refugees, and displaced populations across Asia.
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Build literacy where it counts
To build migration information literacy and digital literacy among aspirants and vulnerable groups.
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Train the next generation
To train the next generation of migration scholars and disinformation researchers through active community engagement.
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Advise those who set policy
To advise governments, UN agencies, and donor organisations on crafting policies that disrupt trafficking networks and protect migrant rights.
Where we work
We collaborate extensively across South Asia to track transnational trafficking networks and cross-border information flows. By partnering with organisations in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, we build a regional defence against online deception and share solutions that work across different cultural contexts.
Bangladesh
Labour migration corridors, Rohingya refugee response, and climate displacement.
South Asia
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar — tracking networks that cross borders.
Gulf States
Where recruitment promises meet reality for millions of migrant workers.
Beyond borders
Literacy work with Bangladeshi communities abroad who buffer information back home.
Work with us
We collaborate with donor organisations, international NGOs, UN agencies, universities, and journalism schools — on research, training programmes, advisory support, and fellowships.
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