Danai Avgeri

Academy Associate, Global Health Programme

Biography

As part of the Global Health Programme, Danai provides analysis on the intersection of public health and migration policies in Europe. In her current research, she examines how legal status affects access to healthcare in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak and how coronavirus regulations interplay with migration and asylum policies on the ground.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Danai completed a PhD on security and humanitarian models of migration management at Queen Mary University of London under the Queen Mary Principal’s Studentship. She received her MA in Critical and Creative Analysis from Goldsmiths University of London under an Onassis Foundation Scholarship.

Past experience

2016 - 2021 PhD in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London
2013 - 2015 Editor, Hellenic Institute of Research
2011 - 2013 MA in Critical and Creative Analysis, Goldsmiths University
2004 - 2010 BA in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Athens