Dorothea is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore and member of the Center of Social Movement Studies (COSMOS). Dorothea holds a BA in Business Administration and Sociology from Copenhagen Business School and a double degree MA in Public Policy and Human Development with a specialization in Migration Studies from Maastricht University and the United Nations University (UNU-Merit).

Her research interest lies in the field of migration. Her PhD project looks at the multi-level governance of low-skilled labor migration. In particular, the project investigates the interrelations of the European, national, local level of governance as well as of third sector organizations and employer organizations for the policymaking process regarding the contested issue of low-skilled immigration.

Research interests: migration, migration policies, and multi-level governance