Dr Chiara De Lazzari holds a PhD in Politics from Swinburne University. Her areas of interest include migration, transnational politics and citizenship rights. She has taught in the areas of Politics, International Relations and Europan Union studies at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Swinburne University of Technology.  She is a member of the executive committee of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia. She currently works as Lecturer and Course Coordinator at Navitas College.