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Michal Garapich

Michał is a social anthropologist, lecturer and Research Fellow at CROMM (Centre for Research on Migration and Multiculturalism) specializing in the issues of migration, ethnicity, nationalism, multiculturalism, substance misuse, homelessness and migration from Poland. His PhD (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) focused on the politial and symbolic dimensions of the relationship between different waves and groups of Polish migrants in the UK and Italy, the practices of de-territorialized nation state, power relations within diasporic/ethnic associations and negotiations of ethnicity and whiteness. Since 2005 Michał conducted numerous research projects using both quantitative as well as ethnographic methods exploring various aspects of life of migrants from Accession States (EU10) in the UK, as well as migrants from Africa. His research was funded by London local government (among others: Hammersmith & Fulham, Redbridge, Lewisham, Waltham Forest, Greenwich), the European Comission, Research Councils (ESRC), media (BBC Newsnight, Channel 4), think tanks (IPPR) and charitable trust (Southlands Methodist Trust).  His work focuses on homelessness, Eastern and Central Europeans’ participation in British politics and constructions of race among migrants from EU10. Besides academic articles published in four languages, he is a regular contributor to the media in Poland and is a co-editor of Przeglad Polonijny-Studia Migracyjne, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been recently appointed to a panel of migration experts advising the Polish Senate. Michał teaches 'Contemporary Urban LIfe', 'Londonopolis - exploring the global city' (for students on Study Abroad programme) and 'Questioning Citizenship'. He was a member of the Cronem team, partner of the Migrapass project (Leonardo da Vinci, 2010-2012).

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Diomar Gonzalez Serrano

Diomar Wagner Gonzalez holds a Master’s degree in Psychoanalysis (University of Paris VIII, 2012), a Master in Childhood, culture and development (Colombia, 2004) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (Colombia, 1997). Between 1995 and 2005, she worked with children suffering from mental problems, families at risk of poverty, drug addicts, homeless people and refugees as a psychologist in Colombia. In 2010, she worked as an intern psychologist for Latin Americans at the Cité des Métiers (Paris). She has continued to work with Latin American migrants at the Union of Latin American Associations in France since 2011, and at  the Cité des Métiers "El Taller" club since 2012. Diomar has published several articles in Colombia and in France. She has been a member of the board of the iriv since 2012.

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Krzysztof Gurba

Director of the Institute for Research on Civilizations, Tischner European University in Kraków (Instytut Badań nad Cywilizacjami, Europejska Wyższa Szkoła im. ks. Tischnera w Krakowie) , graduate from the Jagellonian University (Krakow, Poland) and from the Computer Science and Management University, polish partener ot the TIPS project (Leonardo da Vinci, 2007-2009).

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