https://www.simonglobalconsultancy.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2021-01-26 https://www.simonglobalconsultancy.com/home daily 1.0 2026-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/88837098-270a-4e79-bcfa-422ec5b329f2/Partners+%E2%80%94+chic+index%402x.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/9d04f32e-065a-4e74-b3a1-b65c265dc260/Schermafbeelding+2023-04-21+om+12.52.51.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/7cdfe11e-3bf5-4c32-80f6-0a9dc4b4bcaf/IMG_0531.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/b72cb9fc-6056-476f-9ef7-de4d484e8274/D678F8D4-D05C-4243-B181-544A6B5B6C97+2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/277dcbed-cf84-4bd1-be79-b5d2cb971a56/Schermafbeelding+2023-04-21+om+12.51.14.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/a1a99fbe-a185-4b9d-b527-aadec39258a4/IMG_0894+kopie.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/d2662c5e-a230-477a-959b-3a6520d1851c/ARTNxTiarraSimon-32.jpg HOME - “What do the systems say, and what do the people experience?” Tiarra Simon, anthropologist, founder of Simon Global Consultancy and panelist at the International Conference on Small Island States and Sub-National Jurisdictions and the Modern Language Association https://www.simonglobalconsultancy.com/ourstory daily 0.75 2026-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/1629126014252-JMJQ2T1D4IEJTBK8OXPX/cv5.jpg Who we are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/a9a461b2-7762-4323-9858-43c8c191c896/Suzy.jpg Who we are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/08e75e1b-39f0-491b-9daf-dce3f658f231/48b0ee27-d609-406f-bb6f-931aa28a3d33.jpg Who we are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/277dcbed-cf84-4bd1-be79-b5d2cb971a56/Schermafbeelding+2023-04-21+om+12.51.14.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/91f411f9-57c3-4711-ae69-b7e20ba139b7/tempImagedk61UX.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/29c335b7-af42-487e-a7ad-e50fe629fa8e/35BA85B8-4F84-4EE3-A9C7-1E58A6FA141D+3.jpg Who we are - Why this work matters now Migration decisions are being made with less money and less data. Across the Caribbean, climate mobility is entering national plans faster than anyone can say how those plans will work on the ground. Culture and heritage are moving up the global policy agenda, and language, identity and belonging are now part of the conversation about governance. In all three, the knowledge you need often already exists. It lives in communities. The question is who can bring it to the table, ethically, in a form a ministry can use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/734496f6-0f62-4c82-9c23-c319fb244b45/Schermafbeelding+2026-03-02+151051.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/9a249549-d3c1-401b-bc77-206d9960ad7c/fc3c654a-a62d-4623-8942-4152acaa4025.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/7cdfe11e-3bf5-4c32-80f6-0a9dc4b4bcaf/IMG_0531.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/0eac2558-1b0d-4208-9aa6-f37dd0ae29b3/896a8c66-1ce2-4d30-b839-4fb871d30e59.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/fe554cc8-962f-46b7-95b7-04be11e6d299/ARTNxTiarraSimon-25.jpg Who we are - Nice to meet you, I’m Tiarra Simon, an anthropologist and the founder of Simon Global Consultancy. I grew up in Aruba. As a kid, I learned that Dutch was the language I needed to survive beyond my island. Papiamento was the language of home. So I started asking a question early: who decides what counts as knowledge? That question followed me to the Netherlands and through a career across the Caribbean. I studied Social and Cultural Anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My research on migration and language policy has been presented at the Modern Language Association and the International Conference on Small Island States and Sub-National Island Jurisdictions. Working in the Caribbean taught me the most important lesson of my career. The communities facing the hardest challenges are rarely the problem. They are often the ones with the most knowledge. So I listen first. Then I bring what I hear into the rooms where decisions are made. Today, I lead research teams across the region and together we make sure community voices end up in our reports, not in the margins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000b27fdbafcc509b7dd683/6dd4d015-ef37-4317-b920-e07ffd3aab54/Schermafbeelding+2023-04-21+om+13.00.11.png Who we are - How we work We build mixed teams of community researchers, local knowledge holders, people with lived experience and university students. We train together, adapt our tools to the local context, and take the time that trust requires. It works. In the Greater Caribbean Climate Mobility Initiative, our Suriname team was the top performer out of six countries. People asked me where I found them. 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