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

