Our Team
Bethany Archer
Research Manager
Beth holds a Masters degree in European Union Studies from Newcastle University and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies with French and Spanish from the University of Aberdeen in the UK. Her professional experience includes a traineeship at the European Commission, working on EU-Turkey Relations covering a variety of topics from migration, freedom of expression, terrorism and security issues. Most recently, she was working with the Maltese Public Employment Service, on EU Affairs. Her university work concentrated primarily on EU enlargement with a focus on the Western Balkan countries as well conducting work on minority groups such as the Roma, and the refugee crisis. Beth’s personal interests include foreign languages, travel, creative writing, environmentalism as well as local and international politics.
Areas of interest/expertise: human rights, migration, employment policy, labour market integration, European Union politics and EU enlargement.
Research Manager
Beth holds a Masters degree in European Union Studies from Newcastle University and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies with French and Spanish from the University of Aberdeen in the UK. Her professional experience includes a traineeship at the European Commission, working on EU-Turkey Relations covering a variety of topics from migration, freedom of expression, terrorism and security issues. Most recently, she was working with the Maltese Public Employment Service, on EU Affairs. Her university work concentrated primarily on EU enlargement with a focus on the Western Balkan countries as well conducting work on minority groups such as the Roma, and the refugee crisis. Beth’s personal interests include foreign languages, travel, creative writing, environmentalism as well as local and international politics.
Areas of interest/expertise: human rights, migration, employment policy, labour market integration, European Union politics and EU enlargement.
Interns and Research Assistants
Mathilde du Jardin
Projects and Research Assistant
Mathilde holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Brussels, Belgium. She did an Erasmus in Italy and studied at the University of Bologna, with the aim of learning Italian and to deepen her knowledge about European law. She completed her studies by writing a thesis about the ‘criminalisation of solidarity with undocumented migrants in Belgium’ and has been invited to write an article on this subject in the Belgian review of Criminal Law and Criminology. Her areas of interest are migration policy, international law and the protection of Human Rights. She has also participated in an additional training course on monitoring places of deprivation of liberty in relation to respect for human dignity. In addition to her studies, she was volunteer in a support centre for undocumented women migrants in Brussels and this human experience made her want to continue to work with vulnerable people. In her spare time, she likes travelling, discovering new cultures and spending time with people.
Projects and Research Assistant
Mathilde holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Brussels, Belgium. She did an Erasmus in Italy and studied at the University of Bologna, with the aim of learning Italian and to deepen her knowledge about European law. She completed her studies by writing a thesis about the ‘criminalisation of solidarity with undocumented migrants in Belgium’ and has been invited to write an article on this subject in the Belgian review of Criminal Law and Criminology. Her areas of interest are migration policy, international law and the protection of Human Rights. She has also participated in an additional training course on monitoring places of deprivation of liberty in relation to respect for human dignity. In addition to her studies, she was volunteer in a support centre for undocumented women migrants in Brussels and this human experience made her want to continue to work with vulnerable people. In her spare time, she likes travelling, discovering new cultures and spending time with people.
Alex Clary
Projects and Research Assistant
Alex is currently a student with the NOHA Master’s in Humanitarian Action, studying at the University of Malta. He previously studied at the University of Denver’s Korbel School where he received his Bachelor’s of International Studies. He previously studied at the University of Groningen and had completed a year abroad in Bulgaria to further his knowledge on European Affairs and study migration in the Eastern Mediterranean. He also led a student-run organisation that developed and delivered workshops on media literacy for high schools throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Since his time in Bulgaria, Alex has worked on migration issues in Greece, France and Colorado. Outside of his professional interests,Alex is an avid traveller trying to improve his capacity for foreign languages wherever he goes. He is also a lifelong alpine skier.
Projects and Research Assistant
Alex is currently a student with the NOHA Master’s in Humanitarian Action, studying at the University of Malta. He previously studied at the University of Denver’s Korbel School where he received his Bachelor’s of International Studies. He previously studied at the University of Groningen and had completed a year abroad in Bulgaria to further his knowledge on European Affairs and study migration in the Eastern Mediterranean. He also led a student-run organisation that developed and delivered workshops on media literacy for high schools throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Since his time in Bulgaria, Alex has worked on migration issues in Greece, France and Colorado. Outside of his professional interests,Alex is an avid traveller trying to improve his capacity for foreign languages wherever he goes. He is also a lifelong alpine skier.
Senior Consultants
Dr Carol Bohmer
Carol Bohmer, a lawyer and sociologist, is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College, and a Teaching Fellow at King’s College, London. She has worked extensively in the area of law and society, examining the way legal and social institutions interact, in the United States, the UK and elsewhere. Her current research interests are in the field of immigration and asylum. She also does pro bono legal work for asylum seekers. She has been involved in setting up a project to register children as British citizens in London, UK. Her most recent book is Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the Twenty-First Century with Amy Shuman, (Routledge, 2007), a comparative study of the asylum process in the US and the UK.
Carol Bohmer, a lawyer and sociologist, is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College, and a Teaching Fellow at King’s College, London. She has worked extensively in the area of law and society, examining the way legal and social institutions interact, in the United States, the UK and elsewhere. Her current research interests are in the field of immigration and asylum. She also does pro bono legal work for asylum seekers. She has been involved in setting up a project to register children as British citizens in London, UK. Her most recent book is Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the Twenty-First Century with Amy Shuman, (Routledge, 2007), a comparative study of the asylum process in the US and the UK.
Professor Patricia Mallia
Patricia Mallia obtained her law degree from the University of Malta in 1999. Her post-graduate studies were carried out at Oxford University where she graduated in Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) in 2000. She then returned to Malta to lecture in Public International Law at the University of Malta where she is now Head of the International Law Department. She obtained her PhD from the IMO, International Maritime Law Institute, focussing on combating contemporary threats to maritime security. Her research interests focus on the analysis of contemporary maritime threats, primarily piracy and migrant smuggling. Her book, ‘Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework’ was published by Martinus Nijhoff in 2010. In her free time, Patricia enjoys tennis, swimming, baking and reading.
Areas of interest: Settlement of International Disputes, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security, Maritime Migrant Smuggling, Human Rights
Patricia Mallia obtained her law degree from the University of Malta in 1999. Her post-graduate studies were carried out at Oxford University where she graduated in Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) in 2000. She then returned to Malta to lecture in Public International Law at the University of Malta where she is now Head of the International Law Department. She obtained her PhD from the IMO, International Maritime Law Institute, focussing on combating contemporary threats to maritime security. Her research interests focus on the analysis of contemporary maritime threats, primarily piracy and migrant smuggling. Her book, ‘Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework’ was published by Martinus Nijhoff in 2010. In her free time, Patricia enjoys tennis, swimming, baking and reading.
Areas of interest: Settlement of International Disputes, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security, Maritime Migrant Smuggling, Human Rights
