Biography

Eleonora Milazzo is Research Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre, where she works on research-to-policy engagement.  She is also an associate fellow at the Egmont Institute in Brussels. Thematically, her work focuses on EU migration and asylum policies, social inclusion, development cooperation, and the policy nexus between migration, climate change, and human security. Eleonora has a background in think-tanking, policy analysis, and academic research. 

 Before joining the MPC, Eleonora worked as Joint Research Fellow at the European Policy Centre and the Egmont Institute in Brussels. Previously, she gained professional experience at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford and Carnegie Europe in Brussels. She also carried out research on climate change governance and EU-Russia relations at the Ecologic Institute in Berlin and the Russian International Affairs Council in Moscow. 

 In addition to her think-tanking experience, Eleonora consults for UN agencies, international organisations, NGOs, national authorities, and international research consortia on policy issues related to migration policies, development, and social inclusion. 

 Regarding her academic background, Eleonora holds a PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute (2021) and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at King’s College London. She is a political theorist by training and carried out research on the ethics of migration and refugee protection in the EU. 

 She is the author of the book Refugee Protection and Solidarity. The Duties of EU Member States (Oxford University Press, 2023).