Gaëlle Le Pavic

Social Work and Social Pedagogy , Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Research themes: Borders, migration governance and people on the move || Civil society, social work and solidarity

Gaëlle is a PhD Fellow at the Ghent University and the United Nations University CRIS. Her research documents and analyses the social consequences of not (fully) internationally recognised borders in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. She examines the accessibility of social welfare services in Transnistria and Abkhazia as well as in Samegrelo, with a focus on the role of civil society organiations (CSOs). Prior, Gaëlle has worked in project management and international cooperation in Belgium, Croatia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. She was also a researcher on EU funded projects related to the social aspects of migrations. Gaëlle has presented her work in international conferences, including CEEISA, BASEES and EUIA for which she was also the academic coordinator. She has lectured in at Ghent University, Université Libre de Brussels, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, and the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.

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