Professional Experience:
My professional experience is built around one core contribution: turning lived realities into structured evidence that organisations can use to design, adapt and improve social programmes. I work from a sociological perspective, connecting people’s experiences with the wider institutional, political and economic conditions that shape vulnerability, exclusion and access to rights.
My methodological expertise includes applied social research, MEL/M&E, needs assessment, baseline-oriented research, stakeholder mapping, survey design, focus groups, interviews, partner consultations, KPI review, risk monitoring, qualitative synthesis, triangulation of findings, reporting and learning-oriented recommendations. I am particularly attentive to ethical, participatory and Do No Harm approaches when working with vulnerable groups or socially sensitive topics.
My thematic focus brings together migration, displacement, youth, social inclusion, gender, disinformation, hate speech, migrant narratives and human rights. I am especially interested in how public narratives, institutional responses and socioeconomic inequalities influence people’s opportunities, sense of belonging, protection and participation.
At GOPA PACE, within the EU Youth Alumni initiative linked to DG INTPA, I support youth engagement and opportunity mapping for young people from ODA countries. This work has strengthened my understanding of how access to information, mobility, learning opportunities and institutional networks can shape youth participation at global level.
With Klemka CoLAB, I have contributed to external quality and evaluation work for the SUCCESS project, focused on higher education–industry cooperation in Colombia and Panama. This experience has deepened my capacity to assess project progress, identify implementation risks, interpret partner feedback and produce evidence that supports accountability and adaptive management.
At DRAMBLYS, I worked across social inclusion initiatives related to migration, youth, gender, education, rural development and diversity. My role combined coordination, documentation, partner follow-up and reporting, while also contributing to initiatives on migrant women’s entrepreneurship, migrant loneliness, diversity in classrooms, online hate speech and xenophobia, and language learning as a pathway to inclusion.
My field and community-based experience was shaped in Greece through ANKAA Project, JRS Athens and other refugee-support initiatives. I supported socio-labour inclusion, VET and community-based activities with migrants, refugees, children and families, gaining direct insight into protection gaps, integration barriers, cultural mediation and the importance of trust in programme delivery.
Across these experiences, I have developed a profile that combines analytical rigour with human sensitivity. I am now seeking to deepen my work in human rights, peacebuilding and conflict-sensitive development, particularly through assignments involving research, MEL/M&E, baseline studies, needs assessments, evaluation support, stakeholder engagement and learning products in fragile, post-conflict, displacement-affected or socially polarised contexts.