Vladimir Blaiotta

Vladimir Blaiotta is a researcher fellow in the "Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa" programme at the IAI. He completed his Ph.D in 2023 at the University of Catania, with a thesis on migration policies in Niger. During his doctoral studies, he conducted research at the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL) in Niamey, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Marseille, and the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo. His research interests encompass migration studies, security policies and post-colonial studies.