Expert and Advisory Board

Dr Julia Muraszkiewicz is a Research Manager at Trilateral Research, where she manages a research team of ten. She holds a PhD in law from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her main areas of expertise include human trafficking, human rights law, human security, migration and European criminal law. Dr Muraszkiewicz has also led privacy and ethical impact assessment work in EU projects and provided guidelines on ethical research. Dr Muraszkiewicz excels at working at the intersection of social science research, law, end users and technical development and ensuring effective communication and understanding amongst partners. Dr Muraszkiewicz sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Human Trafficking and regularly publishes in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international conferences.

Francesco Palermo is professor for comparative constitutional in the University of Verona and Director of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research in Bolzano/Bozen. He worked for the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and was president of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU (2018-2023) and Constitutional Adviser to the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and regional Autonomies.

I spent more than 10 years working with migrant women forced into prostitution I have a good knowledge of the discrimination that those women are facing in the hosting countries (Europe and Caribbean) as well as the condition of women during the migration path. I have been working also on violence and traumas mainly through non formal education methodologies as well as culture (dance and art). I have been working with second generation migrants facing identity issues: we used photo and storytelling in order to counterbalance the mainstream ideas concerning migrants and migration and we underline the added value of the cultural diversity.

Dr. rer. pol. Holger Nitsch studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich political science, economy and psychology. He specialised in International Relations and Terrorism. He was working at the Munich Airport in the field of prevention of illegal migration and counterterrorism. He had training and management duties and was involved in antiterrorism measures for aircrafts. He currently is working as the head of the research and social science department for the University of Applied Sciences for Public Affairs in Bavaria – Department for Policing. He also is responsible for the management of international projects, public relations and international relations / foreign contacts. He has several publications and is gives presentations and lectures on radicalisation and terrorism for several organisations. One focus of his research is on migration, integration, terrorism, radicalization and countering violent extremism. This involves the role of social media as well. Another focus is research on organized crime and cybercrime. He also is a member of the CENTRIC advisory board and the Foreign Affairs Association.

Senior level director and expert consultant with extensive local and international experience in establishing and implementing programs. Planning, scheduling and resourcing management plans, financial reporting, partner relationships and capacity building within local and international partners of all levels.