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BA in Literature, MA in Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation (Sussex University) and a PhD in the Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity (University of Bergamo). I am currently a researcher at CNR-IRPPS. I lectured in Cultural Anthropology and the Anthropology of Migration at the University of Bologna and taught as guest lecturer at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. Before joining the CNR, I were a visiting researcher at the UNU-CRIS in Belgium. I also served as a project officer for humanitarian associations, national institutions and international organizations, including the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and ICMPD in Austria. More recently I worked as vice-coordinator of a reception centre for asylum seekers in Bolzano (2015-2016).
I carries out ethnographic fieldwork and desk research, mainly in Italy and Senegal, largely in the following areas: transnationalism and migration (identity and globalization, imaginary/imagination, diversity, multiculturalism); the nexus between migration and development (co-development, migrant associationism, cultural tourism); migration, asylum and integration policies in host countries (social policy, representation and public sphere, cultures of migration), mobility and processes of regional integration (e.g. EU, ECOWAS, SADC). I am author and co-author of several publications in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals (e.g. Regions & Cohesion; Urban Anthropology, Cahiers d’Études Africaines, Ethnography and Qualitative Research, Mondi Migranti, La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali, La Ricerca Folklorica, Ethnorema).

I am a quantitative researcher with a Ph.D. in statistics, with a highly multidisciplinary research perspective (biostatistics, epidemiology, demography, health economics) and interest in computational methods and data. My expertise is mainly in statistical modeling of infectious disease data and international migration data.

Postdoc Guest Researcher at the University of Copenhagen with a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Working on: internationalisation of education, valuation of international credentials, cosmopolitan capital, transnational social mobility, luxury hospitality industry and the role of Switzerland in the circulation of privileged groups.

Zeynep Demir (MSc) is a psychologist, researcher and lecturer. She works in the research group Socialization (Prof. Andreas Zick's Lab) at the Faculty of Educational Science and in the Research Networking Office of the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) Community, at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University (Germany). Her research focuses on migration, acculturation, discrimination, racism, and diversity. As part of her academic service work, she was the Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission at the Faculty of Educational Science. In the area of science communication, she is active as co-host of the award-winning academic podcast ReSearching Diversity Podcast.

I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Migration Research Center at Koc University (MiReKoc), where I am also the scientific coordinator. I have a PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex, Sussex Centre for Migration Research. My thesis was titled “The Shaping of Turkish Migration Policy: Competing Influences between the European Union, International Organisations and Domestic Authorities.” My MA and BA degrees are both in International Relations from Koç University. My work on migration governance has an international relations focus and explicates the EU’s relationship with Mediterranean countries, and the international organizations’ involvement on migration policy, including policy fields such as readmission, visa and asylum.

Eyueil Abate is an Assistant Professor at Kotebe University of Education. For the last 16 years, he is teaching students from primary to university level. He received his Ph.D. from Addis Ababa University in Curriculum Design and Development with a special emphasis on refugee education. He have a rich experience in research and publication on issues related to refugee education, general education, and emergency education. In this regard, he have published his works in reputable journals and a monograph form. He have a wide range of experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research. He have a wide experience in software-assisted data analysis for qualitative and quantitative research. He have also a wide experience in the evaluation of projects. One similar recent activity is He engaged in developing an Advocacy and Resource Mobilization Strategy for Education in Emergency in Ethiopia. Additionally, He have experience in organizing and providing training for practitioners and stakeholders in the education sector. In the different research and project evaluation assignments in which I participated, I get a wealth of experience in planning field works and training, deploying, as well as supervising enumerators. Currently, I am engaging in a research project entitled “Childhood and Migration” initiated by Gothenburg University and is expected to be continued up to 2023. I am a member of the Inclusive Education Task Team in the INEE and I am certified with the minimum standards in Education in Emergency. My research interests are issues in related to migration and childhood; Refugee and refugee education; curriculum; Higher education; Teacher education.

Dr. phil., University of Osnabrück, FRG, 2000: Politics, Migration and Minorities in Estonia 1918-19998
M.A., University (WWU) of Münster, FRG, 1995: Selected Aspects of Global Migration (German)

Member, (German) Network on Migration Law (Netzwerk Migrationsrecht, https://www.akademie-rs.de/themen/themenuebersicht/aktuell/netzwerk-mig… )

Chiara Denaro is a Postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at Trento University on the project “Debordering activities and citizenship from below of asylum seekers in Italy” and research assistant in Law and Criminology at Edge Hill University, on the “Extern” Project. She is an experienced social worker and legal expert working with migrants and refugees. Her research focuses on asylum and migration policies in the Mediterranean space, on border control policies, search and rescue politics, human rights, right to asylum, with a focus on practices and strategies of resistance put in place by people on the move. As part of WatchTheMed Alarm Phone, Chiara focuses on the Central Mediterranean route.

Ayla Deniz is a member of the Geography Department at Ankara University (Turkey). She received her PhD in 2018. During her PhD studies, she worked as a visiting researcher in several universities including the University of Oxford and the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, city and migration.