Partner Name | Type | Bio |
Léa Moreau Shmatenko | CIVIS Research advisor / Head of project UNIR at UNIL | After her PhD in migration studies, Léa Moreau joined the UNIL CIVIS team as a Research advisor. She is also responsible for the project UNIR, aiming at developing integration programmes at UNIL dedicated to refugees |
Silvia Arias | Head of the Office for Solidarity Action and Cooperation at UAM (Civic Engagement Office) | After her PhD, Silvia Arias joined the Civic Engagement Office at Autonoma University of Madrid. She is the author of several publications and research on the role of the university as an entity with social responsibility. She was the former coordinator of the Civic Engagement Expert Group at CIVIS. Currently, she is the coordinator of CIVIS Microcredential in Civic Engagement. |
Maria Grazia Imperiale | Lecturer in Adult Education, University of Glasgow | Grazia works on language and intercultural education, specifically in refugee contexts. She has worked in refugee education in emergency contexts (Palestine, Lebanon, Ethiopia etc.) and her work is grounded in a participatory ethos that centres refugees’ voice and agency. |
Liliana Dumitrache | Professor, Head of the Department of Human and Economic Geography, University of Bucharest. | Her current academic activity is focused on Geography of Health and HealthCare with a particular interest in access of disadvantaged groups as refugees, migrants or homeless individuals to essentials services (healthcare and education). She is the co-chair of International Geographic Union Commission on Health and Environment and the Editor in Chief of an international indexed journal-Human Geographies. |
Camil Pârvu | Associate Professor, University of Bucharest | Camil has published extensively on the political theory of cosmopolitanism and on migrant protests, on social movements and on the political representation beyond electoral processes. |
Philia Issari | Professor of Counseling Psychology, Director, Laboratory for Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Wellbeing, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Philia’s teaching, research and counseling work focuses on multicultural, social justice, narrative, constructionist, dialogic and collaborative ideas. She is the author of many publications and conducted extensive research related to refugee and immigrant issues. She is NKUA representative in CIVIS Stream 1 and member of the Civic Engagement expert group |
Angelo Petre | PhD Student Assistant Professor, University of Bucharest | Angelo is a human geographer and PhD student in human geography at the University of Bucharest, specializing in geodemography and the geography of education. His research focuses on spatial accessibility to education and services, and urban–rural inequalities, using advanced GIS and statistical modeling. |
Alexandra Cioclu | PhD Student Assistant Professor, University of Bucharest | Alexandra Cioclu has recently submitted her PhD thesis at the Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania. Her main focus is on the geography of health. She is also a teaching assistant and works on various research projects in the field of human geography. |
Alina Mareci | Lecturer, PhD, University of Bucharest | Alina’s research and teaching interests focus on geography of health, and her publications cover topics including vulnerable populations, population health, and mental health research. For the last 5 years, she has been actively involved in CIVIS projects with an emphasis on migrants’ and refugees’ experiences and needs. |
