Karolina Czerska-Shaw, PhD: she holds a PhD in Sociology from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her research interests include migration, theories and practices of migrant integration, transnationalism, citizenship and the construction of collective identities. Her empirical studies have focused on the analysis of citizenship testing schemes for immigrants, as well as the social implications of super-mobility amongst highly-skilled young adults. She has contributed to projects on migrant integration and authored several academic articles about British, French and Canadian citizenship testing schemes, issues of multiculturalism and approaches to migrant integration. She is currently a researcher in a H2020 project entitled EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy” (EU3D), and serves as the programme coordinator for the MA in Euroculture: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context, as well as the Jagiellonian University-Kobe University Double Degree Programme (European Studies/Political Science).
