Education

2022 - CURRENT. PhD student in Sociology and Social Research. Doctoral School in Social Sciences, University of Trento. 

2019 – 2022. MA in Sociology and Social Research. University of Trento. Thesis title: “Experiences of Academic Freedom in Authoritarian Contexts: the Case of Belarusian Students between Educational Mobility and Forced Migration”. Supervisor: prof. Ester Gallo. Co-supervisors: prof. Chiara Bassetti and prof. Moris Triventi.

August - December 2020. Erasmus + Program. Linköping University

2016 - 2019. BA in Sociology. University of Trento. Thesis Title: “Etiopia, performance di una conquista. La costruzione dell’impero fascista attraverso i filmati dell’Istituto Luce”. Supervisor: prof. Andrea Cossu.
Research interests
  • Forced migration
  • Displacement in academia
  • Educational mobility in higher education
  • Academic Freedom
  • Qualitative methodology and methods
  • Mixed Methods Research
Research work

October - November 2021. Research assistant. Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento

May - June 2021. Research assistant. International Cooperation Centre (Trento).
Awards and honours

2023. 1st prize winner of the Student Essay Competition “Reimagining Academic Freedom” awarded by the OSUN Global Observatory on Academic Freedom (GOAF). Essay “Reimagining academic freedom through the lens of students’ experiences: reflections from the Belarusian case”. https://elkana.ceu.edu/student-essay-competition