Sereke, Wegahta B.

Wegahta B.
Sereke

Ms. Wegahtabrhan Sereke is a PhD assistant candidate at the institute for Public Communication in Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano. She is working on a research project titled “Migrant belonging: discourse, affect and capital” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jolanta Drzewiecka. Before that she worked as a home-based consultant for the Belgian think-tank Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA), a centre of expertise on EU’s foreign policy towards Africa. Formerly, she was a Staff Attorney at the Legal Advisor’s Office to the Eritrean State President. Prior to this, she served as an elementary school teacher in rural Eritrea. She obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Asmara in 2007, a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva in 2013, and another LLM in International Dispute Settlement in 2011 from the University of Geneva (MIDS). After completion of her graduate studies in Geneva, Sereke has interned with three Untied Nations agencies in Geneva.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University

    Research Institute, Lugano, Switzerland
    Ph.D. Student - Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society

  • USI Università della Svizzera italiana

    Other, Lugano, Switzerland
    Doctoral Assistant

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