Tanuja Thurairajah is reading for her PhD at the Human Geography Unit /Department of Geography of the University of Zürich in Switzerland. She has a MA in Peace & Conflict Studies from the University of Innsbruck. Her current research looks at post-war engagement and agency of Tamils of Sri Lankan origin living in Switzerland. She is co-creator of an oral-history project, PROJECT Belonging capturing personal stories of the Tamil diaspora in Switzerland and has produced the ‘diaspora’ segment of the digital commemoration of 30 years of the anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983, conceptualised and curated by Groundviews. Her research interests include diasporas, migration and conflict. Tanuja has over a decade of experience working in the development and humanitarian sector in Sri Lanka working for organisations such as Practical Action, Law & Society Trust (LST), GIZ – Sri Lanka and as a researcher for the Consultations Task force on Reconciliation Mechanisms (CTF).