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PhD Candidate in European Studies. Working on the European Union Migration Policy and it's challenges in Southern European Countries. Tamar has published an article in European Scientific Journal will the following title: " Preserving Indigenous Culture or Spreading Multiculturalism Across Europe" .
Tamar holds a MA degree in European Studies and BA degree in International Relations.
Tamar was a beneficiary of Erasmus + grant twice, Jean Monnet MEDiterranean border crises and European External Action EUMedEA Crash Course and visited Catania University, she had a field visit in Sicily, where she has conducted interviews with focus groups - asylum seekers.
Tamar is actively participating in international workshops and conferences and is actively involved in Jean Monnet Projects.
Tamar has 9 years of working experience in the field of education. In 2012-2017 years she has worked at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia at International Relations and Programs Department and during 2017-2019 years she has worked in LEPL of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia , International Education Center at the Academic Programs and International projects Division. Coordinating 9 scholarship programs.
Tamar is an experienced judge in debates, she is an international adjudicator at international debate tournaments.
Tamar is a member of IMISCOE PhD Network, currently is a member of Workshop Group. Previously she has been a member of Teaching Group.

Tamar speaks English, German and Russian languages.

Profesora de Tiempo Completo, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala

I am a Cultural Historian (PhD on Young Swedish Labour Migrants in Oslo, 2015), at NOVA working on migration and youth unemployment. I have published on and am interested in (among other things) Food studies, Critical Whiteness Theory, intra-European migration, Social Media Studies and childlore.

I graduated in Political Sciences from the University of Pisa and then in International Relations from the University of Florence.
I am currently studying International Law at the University of Amsterdam.
I am interested in critical approaches to migration and asylum law, socio-legal and qualitative research, feminist and queer studies.
I am currently working on SOGIESC asylum seekers in the context of European asylum law.

I'm a doctoral candidate in African Studies and Anthropology. I have research interests in migration and development, particularly the potential contribution of diasporas towards reconstruction and development in their home countries. I'm currently interning as an Editor for The Migration News: People on the Move (Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism). I have recently contributed a book chapter migration and development in a Routledge-book published in 2021.

Criminologist and Crime Analyst specialized in the field of Investigative Criminology, Forensic Sciences, Intelligence, Criminal Profiling, and technical inspection of the crime scene. Investigative Criminology and Crime Analysis, Intelligence Service, Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence, and Digital investigations.
Public and Private Security & Investigation Services.
National Security Service and management of migration flows.
Global governance, International Relationship, Diplomacy, Consulting, and advocacy,
Technical Consultant of Part TCP-CTP, Expert Consultant on Road Accidents.
Project Coordination in these sectors, Training, and Professional Formation.

Joana Topa is a Psychologist with a PhD degree in Social Psychology from the University of Minho, Portugal. She is currently an Auxiliar Professor at the University of Maia and an integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG) that belongs to the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is also a collaborator researcher at the Psychology Centre of the University of Porto, integrated into the research field "Culture, Normativity and Diversity". Specialist in Social, Educational and Community Psychology by the Portuguese Psychologists Association and specialist in Gender Equality, Gender Violence and Migration, she is part of the list of specialists of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG). She is a certified trainer for the Scientific Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education. Author of a book, several book chapters, and articles in national and international scientific journals, her main areas of research are focused on gender, migrations, health, gender violence, intersectionality and social inequalities. More recently she has also been focused on topics such as etnicities, racism and citizenship. Simultaneously, she participated in diverse international and national conferences and integrated diverse scientific committees and events organization. She has actively participated in several funded research projects, both academic and social (FCT; EEA GRANTS/FSE/CIG; Rights, Equality & Citizenship Programme of the European Union, European Cooperation in Science and Technology). In this moment she participates in the transdisciplinary network "Women on the Move" (CA19112), financed within the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Along these years she also took part in different networks, namely IMISCOE, GENDER & COVID-19 and Immigration, Crime and Citizenship of the European Society of Criminology. Feminist activist, she cooperates with several portuguese NGOs for gender equality and human rights.