Research Fellowship "Camp geographies and counter-mappings"
Yolanda is a feminist political geographer specialized in forced migration studies. She holds a PhD from York University (Canada). Within TheGame project she focuses on the archipelago of formal camps (transit centres, reception centres, etc.), examining and theorizing their spatialities, temporalities, the power relations that produce them and that they produce, their relation to informal mobilities, as well as everyday life in such camps.
Research Fellowship "Southern Balkan invisible spatialities"
She holds a PhD in International Studies from L’Orientale University in Naples, Italy. Her work focuses on the refugee invisible spatialities of North Macedonia and on how the Balkan Route historically evolved in that region.
Research Fellowship "The Greece entry-zones: the islands"
Vasiliki holds a diploma in Architecture Engineering and a PhD in Urban Planning from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She investigates the informal refugee mobilities in relation to spaces, infrastructure and digital technologies in the Greek island ‘entry-zones’.
Research Fellowship "Walking the Route"
Her research analyzes the role of walking in the reproduction of the Balkan Route, with a particular focus on Slovenia and Croatia.
Research Fellowship "The Greece entry-zones"
She is a political geographer, with an interdisciplinary approach at the crossroads of urban and political geography, as well as critical border, migration, and citizenship studies. Her work has focussed on the study of temporary reception centres for migrants in mainland Greece.
Research Fellowship "Counter-mapping the Balkan Route"
Francesco is a political geographer with a strong interest in postcolonial theory and black studies. He holds a PhD from the University of Naples “L’Orientale.” Within the project, he focuses on the subjective experiences and embodied memories of the Balkan Route, with a particular attention to the Austrian and German context. He also critically engages with the politics of representation of people on the move along the Route within the humanitarian field (NGOs, international agencies, etc.).
PhD Candidate
She holds a M.A. in International Relations. Her PhD project focuses on the study of migrants' (im)mobility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including questions related to violence along the border of the Una-Sana Canton.
PhD Candidate
Emma is a Phd Candidate in Global Histories, Cultures and Politics (39th cycle) at the Department of History and Cultures. Her aim is to investigate the material culture of contemporary migration flows and makeshift camps on the Balkan Route employing archaeological methodologies.
Research Fellowship "The Informal Geographies of the Balkan Route"
Carlotta is a political scientist specialised in the foreign and security policy of the European Union, with a particular focus on the Balkans. She holds a PhD from the University of Bologna. Within this project, she is studying the impact of international and regional developments on the informal geography of the Balkan Route. She is also analysing institutional narratives to examine how they are formed and conveyed, and the consequences of this for the Route.
Interpreter and Mediator
He is a professional cultural mediator, translator and interpreter – specialising in the translation between Italian and many different Asian languages and viceversa. He has been collaborating for years with several international and European organisations.
