I am a sociologist of education and migration, focusing on how education and migration policy affect displaced children and families in urban areas. I am an Archimedes Postdoctoral fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. I work in the Migration and Sustainable Development Group, led by Dr. Roman Hoffmann. I am working on a project that examines the urban readiness of education and health systems in Uganda, Bangladesh, Poland, Germany, Brazil, and Israel to receive displaced children. Before joining IIASA, I was a postdoctoral research fellow in the “Global Shifts: Urbanization, Migration and Climate Change” program at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from Ben Gurion University in the Negev in 2023. My dissertation project focused on the integration of refugee children in primary schools in Kampala, Uganda.
In addition to my research, I have taught courses on research methods, childhood and youth, development and forced migration. You can find more information about my research, teaching, and public engagement on this website.

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