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Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Coordinating our migration team across policy, project management and communications work streams; ensuring cross-sectoral work with other teams in house• Supporting our city members in the exchange, design and implementation of local policies on integration, inclusion and participation by organising mutual learning meetings with participatory knowledge sharing methodologies• Leading Eurocities’ strategic engagement in multi-governance and EU policy development spaces on migration, integration and diversity in cities• Conducting policy research and writing evidence-based reports to support our policy work• Representing Eurocities in panels, conferences and discussions on migration, integration, diversity• Building and managing our strategic relationships in government, civil society, and academia, including through advisory roles for the European Commission

Brussels Area, Belgium

Responsible for Eurocities policy work related to migrant integration and diversity in cities (integration and inclusion, legal migration channels, labour market integration of migrants, solidarity and asylum, non-discrimination and anti-racism, equality and diversity)Coordinated city working group on migration and integration and developped mutual learning and capacity building activities between cities on several topics.Represented Eurocities in panels and roundtables on these issues and managed our network of migration and integration stakeholders in Brussels and beyond

Brussels Area, Belgium

Researching different EU migration and asylum policies: Common European Asylum System, resettlement, relocation, Schengen; as well as wider approaches to human rights standards, equality and diversity, integration and discourses on migrationRepresenting our research at public conferences and stakeholder meetingsOrganising numerous events with high-level speakers from EU institutions, member states representatives, civil society, international organisations and academiaExpanding and strengthening the professional network of the EPC

Brussels Area, Belgium

Brussels

Brüssel Und Umgebung, Belgien

Organised the Odysseus Academic Network Conference of 60 speakers and 600 participantsTripled the Twitter channel’s follower base Drafted and sent newsletters about current activities to over 20.000 subscribersExpanded the network’s relations to relevant stakeholders in Brussels

Junior Project Manager with the Roche Co-ordinating Team during the set-up phase of EIT Health - one of the largest healthcare initiatives worldwide, promoting healthier living and improving the wellbeing of people across Europe. Organised conference calls and meetings, arranged tasks with external agency support, developed communication materials to present EIT Health to an internal and external audienceSupervised procedure to secure EU funding for EIT Health: Point of contact for partners from various backgrounds of academia, business, public administration, supervising their accession process to the legal framework

Mannheim Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Internship with the Social Services of the City of Mannheim - autonomous work on migration and social issues, co-author of a 2014 report on senior citizens in Mannheim (Altenbericht 2014 der Stadt Mannheim).Independent research, development and writing of parts of the 2014 report on senior citizens in MannheimDeveloped quantitative tools such as graphs and tables for the reportLed research by means of a questionnaire for nursing homes regarding culturally sensitive care

Master’S Degree, Global Migration

Activities and Societies: Student Action for Refugees (StAR) UCL Focus on the intersections of forced migration, gender, identity, culture.

Executive Programme: Political Communication In Times Of Disinformation

Bachelor'S Degree, European Studies

Activities and Societies: United Nations Student Association Maastricht, Concordantia Student Association Maastricht Courses on European.

Semester Abroad At Meiji Gakuin University In Tokyo, Japanese Language, Politics And Society

Completed courses on Japanese language, politics, society, and culture.