Frequently asked questions

University corridors allow refugees hosted in first-asylum countries to enter a second country legally on a study visa and enrol at a university, with scholarships and community support. I have worked on the design and coordination of these pathways and can support anyone who wants to build a new programme or improve an existing one.

Admission and scholarships are easy to count, which is why they dominate the narrative, but they measure entry, not inclusion. Once enrolled, students meet far less visible barriers: language, unfamiliar academic conventions, procedures designed for domestic students, financial precarity, isolation. Belonging is the difference between being present in a university and truly feeling part of it: it means being recognised as a full member, not as the beneficiary of a charitable initiative.

Multi-level governance describes how responsibility for a policy area is distributed across different levels: supranational, national, regional and local, as well as horizontally across public bodies, NGOs and civil society. In practice, supporting students at risk depends on all these levels aligning: coordination between them is what makes results sound and long-lasting.

No. I work both with international students and with refugee and vulnerable students. The level of need is different, but in both cases inclusion has to be actively worked on: formal admission is not enough for either group. This is what emerges from my case study on support for international students in Turin, published in Internationalisation of Higher Education.

Universities, public bodies, foundations, third-sector organisations and international networks, from single workshops to multi-year European projects.

I work with the universities and organisations that build these pathways, not with individual applications, so I can’t help you directly with an admission or a scholarship. Calls for university corridors are published by the universities themselves, with requirements, deadlines and how to apply. The international office of the university you are interested in is the first place to write to.

Yes. I can join a proposal as a partner or as an external expert, and contribute from the writing stage: designing work packages on inclusion, indicators, student involvement. It’s best to get in touch a few weeks before the call deadline, so that my role is built together with the project rather than added at the last minute.

Italian, English and Spanish, in person or online.

I am used to travelling for work and I am glad to do it, in Europe or beyond. For assignments away from home I only ask that travel and accommodation costs be covered.

It depends on the format, the length and the type of organisation: a half-day workshop and support throughout a multi-year project are very different commitments. After an introductory call I will send you a written quote with details, timeline and costs, with no obligation.

The easiest way is to send me a few lines about where you work and what you would like to achieve, even if your ideas are still taking shape. If you would rather talk it through, there is a free half-hour call: that is usually enough to work out whether I can be useful to you, and in what form. Then you can think it over, with no rush and no obligation.