Linara Aliyeva Obtained the  Bachelor of Arts degree in International relations at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2012. As part of her studies she completed an  internship  in the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2010 participated in the Symposium “Caucasus, Conflict, Culture “ dedicated to reconciliation processes and nexus between the Caucasus states alongside with the efficacious implementation of the policies on ethnic minorities. In September 2012 she undertook an internship at the Coordination Centre for Azerbaijani in Germany (KAD). From October 2012 she pursues the Master’s degree in European Studies at the University of Flensburg.

At the ECMI, Ms. Aliyeva assists Dr. Zora Popova within Citizenship and Ethics Cluster in conducting research dedicated to “Political  rhetoric in regard to  ethnic minorities” in the Member States of the EU.

Internship duration: 17 June - end September 2013.

Tinatin Genebashvili holds Bachelor degree in Public Health (Tbilisi State Medical University) and Master’s degree in European Studies (Talllinn Univeristy), encompassing 1 semester Erasmus Exchange in Charles University in Prague. She has completed her MA thesis on the following topic: Future Perspectives of Georgian-Russian Conflict. While pursuing her MA degree she undertook 1 month internship at the US Embassy in Tallinn.

After completing studies, Ms. Genebashvili has been employed as Project Assistant in the World Bank sponsored project on Internally Displaced Persons Community, for integration and infrastructure, agricultural development of IDP’s in Georgia. From 2011 until now she is engaged in the Research project of Julie George, Associate Professor of Political Science in City University of New York. Field of research is state reforms in Georgia. Ms. Genebashvili has also been engaged in research project, conducted by Dr Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Dublin.  The research covered the election processes in Transistria, Ossetia, Apkhazia. Since June 2012, she is employed as International Relations Coordinator at the State Audit Office of Georgia.

She plans to pursue the PHD in Political Science, thus the internship in ECMI and research experience will further contribute to her goal. Conflict resolution, peace building, minority studies, human rights are the areas of interest of Ms. Genebashvili.

At ECMI Ms. Genebashvili assists Dr. Zora Popova within Citizenship and Ethics Cluster in conducting research dedicated to Roma integration in the Member States of the EU.

Internship duration: 1 July - 28 September 2013

Turkan Huseynova has completed Bachelor’s degree in International Relations at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As a part of my Bachelor’s programme she has completed a one-month internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the Department of Human Rights and Democracy. She is currently pursuing Master’s degree in European Studies at the University of Flensburg. The role of minority issues in shaping the internal and external policies of states is her main interest area.

At ECMI, Ms. Huseynova is supervised by Dr. Zora Popova to work within the Citizenship and Ethics Cluster. Her topic of research is the educational aspect of Roma integration covered by the EU member states.

Internship duration: 17 June - 17 September 2013

Mariana Jimsheladze is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Social Sciences at the University of Flensburg. She has completed dual degree master programme (MA/MSc) from the University of Flensburg (Germany) and the Syddansk University (Denmark) in European Studies and BA in International relations at the Tbilisi State University (Georgia).

Civil Society, International Relations and European/International Law are in her scope of Interest. Ms. Jimsheladze is interested in border region studies as well, respectively she addressed these issues with her master thesis.

At ECMI, Ms. Jimsheladze is assisting Dr. Zora Popova to research the media discorse on national minorities in Balkan states..

Internship duration: 01 June - End September 2013

Afifa Ltifi is a youth activist and a co-founder of the first ever Black rights’ organization in Tunisia "ADAM for Equality and Development". Her organization advocates for social equality in Tunisia. Ms. Ltifi holds a BA in English Literature and Civilization as well as a master degree in Cross Cultural Studies from the Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis, Tunisia. She is also a former writer at Tunisia Live, the first English media website launched after the 2011 revolution. She had an online internship working on the Connection Point initiative that was launched by the international Peace X Peace organization, an organization that advocates for peace between the Arab and the Western world. She is a project assistant for the Finnish led project Youth and Political Engagement in Africa. She is also a contributing writer to Urban Africa website.

At ECMI, Ms. Ltifi is doing an internship after she has attended the ECMI Annual Summer School 2013. Her attendance at the ECMI Summer School 2013, as well as the internship, is funded by IFA within the frameworks of the IFA CrossCulture Praktika project.

Internship duration: 30 August - 8 November 2013

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Ekaterina Zinchenko earned a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology at the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) in 2012. During undergraduate studies she participated in the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia and Central Asia (UGRAD) and spent one academic year at the College of Southern Idaho, USA. From October 2011 to June 2012 she worked as project coordinator at the Center of Museum Initiatives (research on bio-cultural diversity in Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan).

Currently Ekaterina is pursuing Master's Degree in Transcultural Studies at the University of Heidelberg.

At ECMI, she supervised by Dr. Zora Popova to work within the Citizenship and Ethics Cluster with the topic of research: the education of minorities in the CoE countries.

Internship duration: 20 July - 20 October 2013

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