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PhD Student in Social Sustainability. The focus of research is on the nexus between environmental changes and migration in Morocco.

BSc in Management of International Social Challenges at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Focus in my research on the transnational role of the diaspora for the development of small towns in Kyrgyzstan. Political participation of diaspora. I use visual language to indicate the common language of groups, group culture in social movements. Visual art for understanding social processes and decolonization of discourse.
I also have extensive experience outside academia, having worked on various consulting and research projects in the field of development, art and culture, policy development and implementation.
I use comparative methods (QCA) and want to do something with diaspora and memory about the civil war in Lebanon, compare Kyrgyz and Lebanese diaspora and its impact on home countries.

At the Department of Political Science at University of Oslo, Dr. Victoria Finn researches migrant political participation, (non)citizenship, and migration governance, primarily in Latin America. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, a PhD in Humanities from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and an MA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, US. Prior, she was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Italy, and a 2021 Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Tallinn University, Estonia. She has served as an elected Co-Convener for the ECPR Standing Group on Migration and Ethnicity and elected Executive Council Officer for the APSA Migration & Citizenship Section. Contact: v.j.finn@stv.uio.no