Monika Mazur-Rafał
Associate Member

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Curriculum vitae

Born: 1975 in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland

 

Education and qualifications

  • 1997-2000: Warsaw School of Economics and the University Sciences Politiques Paris, MA in European Union Affairs for a thesis German contribution to the development of a common foreign and security policy of the EU;

  • 1996-1997: Inter-university programme of the University of Bonn and the Warsaw University - Course in German Law;

  • 1993-1999: Warsaw University, MA in International Relations for a thesis Role of Germany in the development of Western European integration in the 1990s.

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Scholarships and awards

  • 2003: Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin;

  • 2001: Award of the Multi-Technologies company for excellent study results in European Union Affairs;

  • 2000-2001: Scholarship, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (French and English Studies, Political Science) and the German Bundestag;

  • 1998-1999: Scholarship, Freie Universität Berlin (Political Science);

 

Posts held

  • Since 2006: Humanity in Action, Poland, Program Director;

  • 2005-2006: Researcher in the Central European Forum for Migration Research;

  • 2004: IOM - International Organization for Migration, Office in Warsaw, coordinator of the project Building Regional Partnerships to Fight Trafficking in Persons in the Context of the EU Enlargement;

  • 2001-2004: Center for International Relations, expert in migration issues and the Migration Programme Coordinator; expert in European affairs and the European Programme Coordinator;

  • 2000-2001: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office in Poland, coordinator of two international conferences: poland.germany@2011 and poland.germany@2012.

 

Internships and Volunteering experience

  • 2002: Association of Supporters of Parliamentarism;

  • 2001: Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Germany;

  • 2000-2001: German Bundestag, office of the Ms. Ulrike Höfken MP;

  • 1998-1999: Polish Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE).

 

Languages

Polish (mother tongue), German (fluent), English (very good), French (good).

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Research interests

  • Immigration policies of the EU countries;

  • Common immigration policy of the EU;

  • Integration of immigrants;

  • International migration in Europe.

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Selected publications

  • 2006

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2006), Zmiana paradygmatu w niemieckiej polityce imigracyjnej w latach 1998-2004? Wnioski dla Polski, CEFMR Working Paper 2/2006.

  • 2004

    • M. Mazur-Rafał, U. Raiser, R. Ohliger, B. Figatowski (eds.) (2004), Migration Makes the School. Foundations - Materials - Ideas for Classes, Center for International Relations, Warsaw. [in German and Polish]

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2004), In the East a lot of Changes. Poland and the EU-Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Center for International Relations, Warsaw. [in Polish]

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2004), Challenges for National Migration Policies on the Threshold of the EU-Enlargement. Experiences of Germany and Poland, Center for International Relations, Warsaw. [in Polish]

  • 2003

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2003), Brain Drain and the case of Poland. A Continuity or a Change? [in:] M. Krüger-Potratz, Otto Benecke Stiftung (eds.), Neue Zuwanderung aus dem Osten - Szenarien für Zuwanderung und Integration, Akademie für Migration und Integration, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen. [in German]

    • K. Iglicka, P. Kaźmierkiewicz, M. Mazur-Rafał (2003), Managing Immigration. The Case and Experience of Poland in the Context of Relevant Directives of the European Commission, Report for the Migration Policy Group in Brussels.

  • 2002

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2002), Report on Measures to Combat Discrimination in the 13 Candidate Countries. The Case of Poland, report prepared for the research project of the European Commission.

    • M. Mazur-Rafał, J. Forbrig (eds.) (2002), Poland and Germany in a Changing World. From the Discussions on the 10th Polish-German Forum, Center for International Relations, Warsaw. [in German and Polish]

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2002), Negotiation Process - Agriculture, [in:] M. A. Cichocki (ed.), Poland - European Union. In the Middle of the Road, Center for International Relations, Warsaw. [in Polish]

  • 2000

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (2000), Review of the book: "German European Policy. Options for an Effective Representation of Interests" by W. Weidenfeld (ed.), Studia Europejskie 1/2000. [in Polish]

    • M. Mazur-Rafał (ed.) (2000), Poland's Position on the 2000 Intergovernmental Conference. A Critical Evaluation, Working Paper of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office in Poland.

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