Experts Database

PhD student at the University of Liverpool.

Jofelle P. Tesorio is a migration researcher within the International Development Studies (IDS) group, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning (SGPL), Utrecht University. She is part of the Horizon 2020 Welcoming Spaces project at UU. Also trained as a journalist, she has been investigating media representations of different groups of migrants, and emplacement and networks of Ukrainian migrants within key European receiving countries. She has worked on other research projects on irregular migrants, labour migrants, South-South migration, and sustainable development. She is also the coordinator of Shared Value Foundation (SVF), an Utrecht University-hosted research NGO that focuses on the social impact of development projects.

Davide Testa is a PhD student at FAME Laboratory (www.famelab.gr/the-lab/). He studies the impacts of climate change on human health and migration patterns with the aim to increase the adaptive capacity and climate resilience of low-income populations, contributing to improved climate adaptation policy.

Phillip Thebe is a PhD fellow in Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a development studies researcher specializing in globalization and migration. He has published a number of academic articles, presented in several conferences, and has wide research experience in Africa, Europe and Asia. His present research explores the Aspirations of Zimbabweans and other Sub-Saharan Africans in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Dr. Sotiris Themistokleous is the Director of Strategic Development of the Center for Social Innovation (CSI). He holds a BA in International Relations and History from the American College of Thessaloniki, an MSc in Global Politics from Birkbeck College, University of London, and a PhD in Education from the University of Nicosia. He has been involved in more than 80 projects as a researcher and a project manager. He was awarded and managed projects from a wide range of funding agencies such as the EuropeAid, EU Solidarity Funds, Rights-Equality-Citizenship, EU Lifelong Learning Programs, EU Home Affairs, ERASMUS+, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, Fundamental Rights Association and other additional public and private agencies. He is managing research and projects on social innovation, social justice and empowerment, vocational training, lifelong learning, educational policy reform and civic participation. He has published articles and book chapters and presented a series of papers at international conferences on Social Innovation and Education, Sustainable Development, Democratization, Gender, Migration, Social and Economic Integration, and Civil Society. Also, he drafted a number of technical and evaluation reports for professional and organizational development for various institutions at national and international level.

Masters degree in Anthropology from University of Montreal, currently working in the immigration community sector.