Georgia Mavrodi, M.A. Ph.D. candidate, Department of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini 9, 50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy

Fields of Research Interest

• national immigration and refugee policies
• European integration on migration issues
• political participation of immigrant communities in the EU member-states

Graduated from

MA in European Studies

Academic Background and Professional Record

• 1995-2000: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Department of International relations, European Economic and Political Studies, specialization on Political Studies
• 1999: Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Faculty of Law
• 2001-2002: University of Bath, UK & Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany