Liefke Dolmans received her MSc degree in Interdisciplinary Social Science at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, where she specialised in the field of Minorities and Migration studies. During the field work for her Master thesis about Education Barriers of Roma Youth in Northern Hungary, she gained a clear insight into the negative effects that deeply rooted social exclusion can have, both for individuals and for the wider society. This experience motivated her to continue working on several integration projects that apply at the grassroots level and are centred on Roma, homeless people and ´people without papers´. After having done an internship at the German Institute for Human Rights and through research about the situation of returned refugees in Kosovo and Bosnia, Liefke further specialised her focus towards the instrumental function that Human Rights Law can have in the process of improving the life and the living conditions of (national) minorities, refugees and migrants. With a DAAD scholarship for Graduate students, she is currently doing a Master course in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (LL.M) at the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/ Oder).

As an ECMI intern, Liefke is doing research about the practical implementation of varying notions of Equality, specifically Full and Effective Equality, as well as Non-Discrimination for the ‘Justice and Government’ cluster of ECMI.

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Elisabeth Kühn obtained her B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Bamberg, Germany. She continued her studies with an M.A. in Politics and International Relations (Political Theory) at Durham University, UK, from where she graduated with Distinction. Her postgraduate thesis focused on minority rights in Europe and the English School Theory of International Relations. She is interning at ECMI before she will continue her postgraduate study with a MSc. in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at Oxford University, UK. At the ECMI, she works in the ‘Justice and Governance’ cluster. Her research includes the use of general non-discrimination mechanisms within the context of minority rights issues as well as details on the micro level of minority rights standards.

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Nino received her BA degree in International Relations at Tbilisi State University. Her final Bachelor Thesis concerned the various conflicts that took place in the Balkan region after dismantling of the Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991. After having obtained her BA degree, she continued her Master-studies in Germany, at the University of Flensburg in the direction of European Studies.

Currently she is an intern at ECMI doing research on the minorities in Europe on a regional level assisting Oto Skale. The internship will be a basis for gathering ideas for her future MA thesis.

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Currently student of MA European Studies at University of Flensburg Tamari graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, department of Public Healthcare Management. She has been recipient of scholarship program by US Department of State and graduated high school in USA. She has attended several trainings and projects in Tbilisi, Ukraine, Turkey, Lithuania, and finally decided to continue her educational path in political science. Due to her medical background she is interested in healthcare issues in EU and Non-EU countries as well as ethnic conflict issue due to the problematic situation concerning this topic in Georgia.

Her working experience is mainly connected to practical organizational issues, management and human resources and is willing to use her practical experience in ECMI, as well as getting some ideas for master thesis.

She has big expectations on this intern position as it is her first step to practical experiences after starting her MA in this field of study.

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Eleni Dermatopoulou received her first BA from the Law Faculty of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. After the completion of her law degree and with a strong desire to deepen her knowledge in the field of Southeast European history and politics, she continued her studies in the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies in the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, with specialization in Politics and International relations. During her second BA degree she had the opportunity to touch upon minority-related issues and to become fully interested in that area. Currently she is completing her MA in International Studies at the Law Faculty of the Democritus University of Thrace with specialization in European Law, while writing her dissertation on the topic "European Neighbourhood Policy: implementation, overall assessment and perspective".

At ECMI she is an intern of the Minority Map and Timeline of Europe (MMTE) Project, focusing on minority-related issues in Greece.

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