Dr Charlotte Bedford is a Research Fellow in the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University, working in the field of Pacific migration. Since 2007 Charlotte has been involved in research and evaluation work on New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme and, more recently, on Australia’s Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. Charlotte continues to have a strong interest in the New Zealand and Australian programmes as well as working on broader economic and social dimensions of migration in the Pacific region.