Davide Gnes is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (AISSR) and a  Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher within the INTEGRIM Initial Training Network. His research focuses on comparative urban political mobilization of migrants on issues of social and economic rights. His main research interests relate to: a) migrant political participation and social mobilization; b) citizenship, rights and social protection; c) social capital and social networks.

Davide completed a Masters’ Degree in Postcolonial Studies and International Relations (cum laude) at the University of Pavia, Italy as well as a 2-year Research Master in International Migration and Social Cohesion (MISOCO) between Amsterdam, Bilbao, Lima and Riga. His latest Masters’ thesis, a multi-sited study of the Peruvian migrant community between Italy and Peru, looked at the way in which social protection safety nets are informally arranged by migrants, both at the local and transnational level, by means of dynamic social capital.

Prior to his current position, Davide worked for a number of NGOs and nonprofit organizations in Jordan, Spain and Denmark on issues related to migrants’ and refugees’ rights, international development and humanitarian assistance.

• INTEGRIM - Integration and International Migration: Pathways and Integration Policies

• Master in International Migration and Social Cohesion (MISOCO)

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