2012

Anastasia has obtained her MA in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges. Her thesis focused on the migration-development nexus, assessing the impact of civil society on EU migration and development agenda. Anastasia also holds a joint Master’s degree in Global Studies from the University of Leipzig and University of Vienna and a Diploma with Honors in Linguistics from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. In the past she worked as a project coordinator for the Danish Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg and interned with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna. Anastasia is active in the field of youth policy and non-formal education and has held various volunteer positions within AEGEE (European Students’ Forum) and ASEFUAN (Asia-Europe Foundation University Alumni Network). In addition to her native Russian, Anastasia is fluent in English and has a conversational level of Italian, German, French and Danish.