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Participant BiographiesHanna-Maija Kuhn, Consultant, Ramboll Management Consulting (Denmark)Hanna-Maija Kuhn is working as a consultant at Ramboll Management Consulting’s department for EU affairs inCopenhagen, where she is participating as a core team member in international evaluations and studies, with a special focuson the European Commission and the European Parliament. Her tasks include designing evaluations, conducting interviews,desk research, and reporting, as well as participating in the design and implementation of case studies. Ms. Kuhn specializesin the social management field, where she has gained experience in conducting evaluations both on the national level and forthe European Commission, in particular DGs JLS and EMPL in the fields of migration, integration and equal opportunities.Ms. Kuhn is a certified Ramboll Management Evaluator. She holds a master’s degree in romance philology, European studiesand political science from Åbo Akademi University in Finland, and an MSc in European studies from Aalborg University,Denmark.Selected current work projects include:• Studying the feasibility of establishing a mechanism for the relocation of beneficiaries of international protection (Memberof the core team).• Assessing priorities and actions of the European Integration Fund (Member of the core team).• Calypso study on social tourism.Juan Carlos Lara-Armienta, Counselor, Regional Affairs, Embassy of Mexico, Washington(Mexico)Juan Carlos Lara-Armienta is currently counselor for regional affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in the United States, wherehe is responsible for migration issues and policy coordination between the Embassy and the Mexican consular network(50 consulates) in the United States. Previously, he was the deputy director general for consular protection at the Ministryof Foreign Affairs (2005-2007). From this position, he oversaw a wide array of consular assistance services and programsdelivered worldwide. He served at Mexico’s Consulates General in New Orleans (1999–2001) and Atlanta (2002–2005), asdeputy consul general and consul for legal affairs, respectively. At both postings, he developed and implemented outreachstrategies and programs aimed at Mexican immigrant communities of recent arrival to the U.S. Southeast. Mr. Lara-Armientaholds a law degree from Universidad Panamericana, a master’s degree in diplomatic studies from Mexico’s DiplomaticInstitute Matias Romero, and completed a graduate program in American legal studies at the University of New Mexico.Selected current work projects include:• Monitoring local and state measures that intend to regulate immigration and developing and implementing consularassistance programs and initiatives to protect the rights of Mexican nationals under those jurisdictions.• Follow up of migration consultation mechanisms between the Embassy of Mexico and U.S. federal agencies, includingbilateral initiatives implemented by the U.S.-Mexico Repatriation Technichal Working Group (RTWG).Magdalena Lesinska, Assistant Professor/Deputy Director, Centre of Migration Research,University of Wroclaw (Poland)Dr. Magdalena Lesinska is an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw (UW) and deputy director at the Centre ofMigration Research (CMR UW). She was awarded a PhD in political science in 2006; her PhD thesis was devoted to theprocess of political inclusion of immigrants in European countries. She completed a master’s degree in nationalism studies atthe Central European University, Budapest in 2002, and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Wroclawin 2001.Her present research interests focus on state and European migration policy, borders, political rights, and immigrantparticipation, especially in the case of irregular migrants.Selected current work projects include:• Conducting international research on politization of migration in Europe.• Coordinating of European Website of Integration (http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/en/index.cfm) as a country coordinator.• Preparing political analyses and scientific articles on migration policy in Poland.Xin Li, Chief of English Desk, Caixin media group (China)Xin Li is chief of the English desk at Caixin Media. She runs Caixin’s English-language website and publishes the electronicCaixin Weekly-China Economic & Finance magazine. Li Xin founded Caijing Magazine’s first Washington, DC bureau, whereshe was a politics and finance correspondent from June 2006 to June 2007. Before Caijing, she was a documentary producer atChina Central Television, where two of her shows won nationwide competitions. She received a bachelor’s degree in English fromTsinghua University in Beijing in 2002, and a master’s degree in journalism from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2006.Selected current work projects include:• Foreign immigration to China and the China’s demographic change.• Traditional media’s opportunities in the mobile era.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 33