Onderzoeker
Serena D'Agostino
- Onderzoeksexpertise (University of Antwerp):Het huidige onderzoeksproject van Serena D'Agostino, "Racial(ized) Queer Activism: Practices and Experiences of Intersectional Mobilizations in Belgium" (FWO Senior Research Project, 2024-2027), onderzoekt activistische praktijken en ervaringen op het snijvlak van racisme en (hetero)seksisme. Door gebruik te maken van een kwalitatieve casestudy en participatief actieonderzoek (Photovoice) plaatst dit project intersectionele activisten centraal als sleutelactoren van onderzoek. Op deze manier draagt het bij aan de herpolitisering van intersectionaliteit, door het concept opnieuw te richten op zijn activistische wortels. In haar proefschrift (VUB, 2018), "Romani Women in European Politics: Exploring Multi-Layered Political Spaces for Intersectional Policies and Mobilizations", onderzocht zij in hoeverre hedendaagse Europese meerlagige politieke ruimtes intersectioneel beleid en mobilisaties bevorderen of juist belemmeren, zowel op nationaal als transnationaal niveau. Haar onderzoeksinteresses bevinden zich op het kruispunt van (politieke) intersectionaliteit, activisme en sociale bewegingen, en minderhedenpolitiek en -rechten, met een focus op Romani-politiek, Roma-feminisme en Roma-rechten in Europa. Zij is mede-redacteur, samen met Nadia E. Brown, van "Intersectional (Feminist) Activisms: Global Practices and Experiences" (Routledge, 2024). Het onderzoek van Serena is gepubliceerd in onder meer het European Journal of Politics and Gender, het International Feminist Journal of Politics, het Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, het Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, en Politics, Groups, and Identities.
- Onderzoeksexpertise
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel):
Serena D'Agostino (she/her/hers) is a Senior Researcher in Political Science at the Politics and Public Governance research group at the University of Antwerp, as well as a Senior Associate Researcher at the Centre for Migration, Diversity and Justice (CMDJ) at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is also a member of the VUB's Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) and RHEA - the Research Centre for Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality.
Serena obtained her PhD in Political Science at the VUB in 2018 with the thesis "Romani Women in European Politics. Exploring Multi-Layered Political Spaces for Intersectional Policies and Mobilizations”.
Her current project, "Racial(ized) Queer Activism: Practices and Experiences of Intersectional Mobilizations in Belgium" (FWO research project), investigates activist practices and experiences at the intersection of racism and (hetero)sexism.
Her research interests lie at the crossroads of (political) intersectionality, activism/social movements, and minority politics and rights, with a focus on Romani politics, Romani feminism, and Roma rights in Europe. She is the co-editor, alongside Nadia E. Brown, of "Intersectional (Feminist) Activisms: Global Practices and Experiences" (Routledge, 2024).
Serena holds a Postgraduate Certificate in EU Law on Immigration and Asylum from the 'Odysseus Academic Network' of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013), an MA in International Politics and Relations from the University of Pisa (2009, summa cum laude), and a BA in International Communications from the University for Foreigners of Perugia (2005). During her Master, she spent a year as an Erasmus student at the Department of Hautes Etudes Internationales (HEI) of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (I.Na.L.C.O. – Paris).
From 2009 to 2012 Serena worked in the NGO sector in the Western Balkans and Eastern Africa.
Serena's research work has been published in the European Journal of Politics and Gender, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, among others.
- Trefwoorden (University of Antwerp):INTERSECTIONALITEIT, ROMA POLITIEK, MINDERHEDEN, Politieke en sociale wetenschappen
- Trefwoorden (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):Politieke en sociale wetenschappen, Rechtswetenschappen
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Admiciteit en immigratie, Burgerschap, Politieke ongelijkheid, Burgerschap, immigratie en politieke ongelijkheid niet elders geclassificeerd, Democratisering, Politiek van de Europese Unie, Sociale verandering, Sociale bewegingen en collectieve actie, Vrijwilligersorganisaties, participatie en de civiele maatschappij
- Disciplines (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):Politieke ongelijkheid
- Onderzoekstechnieken (University of Antwerp):Kwalitatieve onderzoeksmethoden en participatieve actieonderzoek.
- Gebruikers van onderzoeksexpertise (University of Antwerp):academici; journalisten; activisten
- Gebruikers van onderzoeksexpertise
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel):
Serena D'Agostino (she/her/hers) is a Senior Researcher in Political Science at the Politics and Public Governance research group at the University of Antwerp, as well as a Senior Associate Researcher at the Centre for Migration, Diversity and Justice (CMDJ) at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is also a member of the VUB's Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) and RHEA - the Research Centre for Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality.
Serena obtained her PhD in Political Science at the VUB in 2018 with the thesis "Romani Women in European Politics. Exploring Multi-Layered Political Spaces for Intersectional Policies and Mobilizations”.
Her current project, "Racial(ized) Queer Activism: Practices and Experiences of Intersectional Mobilizations in Belgium" (FWO research project), investigates activist practices and experiences at the intersection of racism and (hetero)sexism.
Her research interests lie at the crossroads of (political) intersectionality, activism/social movements, and minority politics and rights, with a focus on Romani politics, Romani feminism, and Roma rights in Europe. She is the co-editor, alongside Nadia E. Brown, of "Intersectional (Feminist) Activisms: Global Practices and Experiences" (Routledge, 2024).
Serena holds a Postgraduate Certificate in EU Law on Immigration and Asylum from the 'Odysseus Academic Network' of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013), an MA in International Politics and Relations from the University of Pisa (2009, summa cum laude), and a BA in International Communications from the University for Foreigners of Perugia (2005). During her Master, she spent a year as an Erasmus student at the Department of Hautes Etudes Internationales (HEI) of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (I.Na.L.C.O. – Paris).
From 2009 to 2012 Serena worked in the NGO sector in the Western Balkans and Eastern Africa.
Serena's research work has been published in the European Journal of Politics and Gender, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, among others.