Experts Database

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.

is director of Centro Studi Medì. Migrazioni nel Mediterraneo in Genoa (Italy). Co-director of "Mondi Migranti" Journal of Studies and Research on International Migration (publ. Franco Angeli). Member of the scientific committee of "Il Caffè Geopolitico"

PhD. in Communication under the research line "Media Literacy", at the universities of Huelva, Seville, Málaga and Cádiz. PI of the first university games laboratory in Ecuador. P.I of Information Observatory for Humanitarian Crises (ODECRIH)

Humanitarian Aid passionate, IHL and Human Rights Law expert, I work in Brussels on Anti Human Trafficking and Anti Smuggling issues. I hold a Master in advance studies (LL.M) in International Humanitarian Law from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Padova. Before focusing on UNTOC and its protocols, I worked for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs monitoring EU policy developments and exchanging information on operational crisis responses. Prior I have worked for NGOs and diplomatic missions with a special focus on human rights.