Tihomir Sabchev, MSc
Profile:
Tihomir Sabchev is a PhD candidate as part of the Cities of Refuge project, conducting research in Greece and Italy. He holds a MSc degree in Comparative Public Policy and Welfare Studies from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. For his thesis he conducted a field-research project in Southern Italy, investigating the reception and integration of refugees and asylum seekers in rural Calabria. Tihomir has obtained a BA in Political Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and has also studied as an exchange student at the University of Florence and at the University for Foreigners of Perugia in Italy. Before joining Cities of Refuge he worked for the United Nations Office for Project Services in Copenhagen and also volunteered for the Danish Refugee Council. Besides his native Bulgarian, Tihomir is also fluent in English, Greek and Italian, as well as conversationally fluent in Russian. His main research interest lies in the field of refugee reception and integration at the local level.
Teaching and student supervision:
- Cities of Refuge Senior Projects for Bachelor students with prof. Dr. Barbara Oomen (2019)
- Cities of Refuge Capstone with prof. Dr. Barbara Oomen (2018)
Guest lectures at University College Roosevelt in the following undergraduate courses:
- SSC 313 - Migration and Integration with prof. Dr. Jeanne de Bruijn (2018)
- SSC 151 - Introduction to Political Theory with Dr. Herman Lelieveldt (2017)
- SSC 251 - Foundations of Comparative Politics with Dr. Herman Lelieveldt (2017)
Guest lectures at Utrecht Summer School
- "Demographics and Migration Crisis in Trump-era" with prof. Dr. Jeanne de Bruijn (2018 & 2019)
Additional functions:
- Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (SIM) (2017-)
- Member of the Migration and Borders Working Group (2018-)
- Member of the IMISCOE Qualitative and Conceptual Research Cluster (2018-)
- Peer reviewer for Local Government Studies (2019-) and Politikon (2018-)