
Marta Foresti
@martaforesti
Founder of LAGO. Previously MD, ED, now Visiting Senior Fellow @ODI_global. Also @LSEnews @Moleskine. Migration, cities, culture. IG @lago_collective
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“"Imagine the heartbreak of not being able to visit a friend, perform at a gig, or attend an important meeting” Preview of ‘Stories of Visa Inequality' a collaboration of LAGO x Oroko Radio 🇬🇭 where we hear from residents about the realities of a rejected #visa. Larry Madowo


Delighted to welcome Dr Federica Fragapane (Federica Fragapane), Dr Marta Foresti (Marta Foresti) and Dr Francesca Panero (Francesca Panero) to talk on data visualisation. This talk explores how different visual words have been used to visualise information and stories. #LSEEvents



Said the migrating sun to the morning moon In looming shadows of a warning mime 'The visa procedure is a seizure typhoon But the world turns and the future is mine' Photo Serdi Nam Marta Foresti #allotherpassports



The most special gift 🙏 A poem by the wonderful lemn sissay OBE FRSL inspired by ‘All Other Passports’ - an evening like no other where poetry met data, sounds, textile and so much more for a few hours of serious re imagining of this fenced world of ours.



Hatching plans, indeed ✨ Visa related plans. Obviously. Larry Madowo david_mcnair Carlos Lopes lemn sissay OBE FRSL david pilling Karen McVeigh Alexis Akwagyiram #visas #visainequality

AIGA Design Podcast: How can design go beyond aesthetics to shape narratives and challenge misinformation? In this episode, we chat with Marta Foresti & Federica Fragapane of LAGO-COLLECTIVE to explore how intentional design can drive change. 🎙️ Tune in: lnkd.in/eKjB7nCM

How much do poor countries lose in rejected visa applications? Marta Foresti and LAGO Collective have done a lot of analysis previously, including on this latest data

Thank you Larry Madowo for highlighting this important issue 🚨 All data and analysis on 2024 data on short term visas to Schengen/Europe 🇪🇺 now available on LAGO Collective ⤵️ lagocollective.org/material/f/vis… #visas #visainequality #africa #europe




I am very grateful 🙏 to Larry Madowo CNN Africa CNN Travel for covering our work so extensively in this great piece: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/tra… “The financial cost of rejected visas is just staggering; like ‘reverse remittances,’ money flowing from poor to rich countries"