Katia Bianchini

Katia Bianchini is a researcher at the University of York (2011–present) and University of Hamburg (2008–present), expected to receive her PhD from the University of York in 2015. Her work focuses on statelessness, nationality resolution, and international protection frameworks.

Education:

• Laurea Degree in Jurisprudence, University of Pavia (1998)
• LL.M., University of San Diego (2000)

Research Focus: Bianchini specializes in the implementation of the 1954 Statelessness Convention across European states, analyzing compliance mechanisms and decision-making processes in nationality status resolution. Her interdisciplinary work bridges legal theory and practical immigration policy, addressing systemic gaps in stateless persons' protection through comparative legal analysis of European judicial and administrative frameworks.

Professional Background: Admitted to the New York State Bar (2003), she practiced asylum law in the San Francisco Bay Area with NGOs including East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and served as an English solicitor at Turpin and Miller, Oxford (2005–2010).