Mariia Shaidrova

Maria Shaidrova is chairing the Opora Foundation in Amsterdam and is a Research Talent Grant recipient of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), finishing her Ph.D. on migration from Nigeria to the European Union at the University of Tilburg. OPORA Foundation is a collective of high-skilled professionals (academics, lawyers, and consultants) which conducts research on displacement from Ukraine and advises the national government on operations based on the collected signals and data. OPORA conducted legal and policy analysis of the EU Temporary Directive, the national (Dutch) housing policies, labor market integration, and the mental health of displaced people.

Her areas of expertise are high-risk migration, ethnicity construction, representation and victimization of migrants, public administration, and trafficking in human beings. Maria has a background in social policy (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, BA) and sociology of migration (University of Amsterdam, MS, Cum Laude, thesis focus: ethnic self-identification of internally displaced people in Ukraine).