Dr. Georgia Papgianni holds a Ph.D in European Migration Law and Policy from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), Masters Degrees from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium), and a B.A. in Legal Studies from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece). Since January 2002, she has worked for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in their Justice, Home Affairs and Schengen department, and she has also published various articles in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.