Joanna Fomina
Joanna Fomina is Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, where she received her Ph.D. (2010) and habilitation (2022) in social sciences. She is also a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow; and Humboldt University, Berlin. Her academic interests include migration and migrant integration policies in the EU, including migrants’ civic and political participation, EU integration, Euroscepticism and populism, and democratization processes in Central and Eastern Europe. Her most recent book Political Dissent and Democratic Remittances The Activities of Russian Migrants in Europe (Routledge, 2022) explores the activities of post-2011 Russian political emigrants to the EU states who voice political dissent after leaving their country. She also has extensive experience as researcher and trainer on migration, human rights and democratic norms and principles, having worked for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Batory Foundation, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Institute of Public Affairs and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.