The MPC’s team includes a multi-disciplinary group of academic researchers and administrative staff. Our ‘MPC Associates’ are based within the wider EUI or at other research institutions.
Academic Staff
Stephanie Acker
Research Associate
Isabela Atanasiu
EU Fellow
Luca Bernasconi
Research Assistant
Cansu Civilek
Visiting Fellow
James Dennison
Part-time Professor
Tel. +39 055 4685 885
Fields of interest: Public attitudes, social scientific methods, political behaviour
Lenka Dražanová
Research Fellow
Tel. +39 055 4685 707
Fields of interest: public opinion and attitudes, attitudes formation, comparative political behaviour and quantitative methods
Hirotaka Fujibayashi
Max Weber Fellow
Corrado Fumagalli
Visiting Fellow
Andrew Geddes
Professor and Director of the MPC
Tel. +39 055 4685 785
Fields of interest: Migration policy and politics, regional migration governance, global migration governance
Leila Hadj Abdou
Part-Time Assistant Professor
Fields of interest: international migration governance, immigrant integration and immigration/asylum policies, populist radical right, social movements
Marina Keda
Jean Monnet Fellow
Mauro Lanati
Visiting Fellow
Fields of interest: Determinants of Migration, Foreign Aid, International Trade
Iuliia Lashchuk
Max Weber Fellow
Mehari Taddele Maru
Part-time Professor
Fields of interest: migration and human rights, peace and security, law and governance
Martin Ruhs
Professor and Deputy Director of the MPC
Tel. +39 055 4685 847
Fields of interest: Economics and politics of international migration
MPC Associates
Emanuel Deutschmann
MPC Associate
Tel. +39 055 4685 538
Fields of interest: social networks, transnational mobility and communication, regional integration, globalization, migration, social stratification
Elias Dinas
MPC Associate
Linda Oucho
MPC Associate
Alina Vrânceanu
MPC Associate
Fields of interest: Public opinion, political behaviour, political representation, comparative politics, quantitative research methods
Administrative Staff
Valentina Bettin
Administrative Assistant
Marita Schaaser
Administrative Officer
Technology Unit
