Giulia Gonzales

Giulia Gonzales serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. Her academic career bridges anthropological research with practical policy applications, particularly in migration contexts across African and European settings.

Her research expertise spans multiple critical domains:

• Ethnic Boundary-Making Processes
• Political Anthropology of Everyday Life
• Forced Displacement and Refugee Studies
• Nomadic-Pastoralist Cultural Practices
• Health Services Access for Migrant Communities
• Crisis Navigation and Citizenship Formation

Dr. Gonzales' scholarly work demonstrates consistent focus on the intersection between policy interventions and local realities, particularly examining how external programs interact with community practices. Her research methodology combines deep ethnographic fieldwork with policy analysis.

Her current fellowship project 'Emerging (Dis)Connections. Crisis, (im)mobilities and citizenship: navigating uncertainties among Kel Tamasheq in Bamako' represents a significant evolution of her doctoral research, investigating how communities navigate socio-political uncertainties through connection-making processes as forms of state-formation.

Dr. Gonzales has substantial professional experience working with institutional actors and third-sector organizations, particularly through projects like the TRAFIG Project (FIERI, 2020-2021) on migration connectivity and earlier work with CeSPI (2013) examining health service reception for migrant communities.