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Dr. Anna Bara is a Project Officer for the Khartoum Process of the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Vienna, Austria. She holds a PhD in History and Civilization (2011) and a Master of Research degree (2004) from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and MA degree in Central European History from the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary (2003). Prior to joining ICMPD in 2014, Dr. Bara partook in the INTERACT project at the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), in Florence, Italy. Previously, Dr. Bara coordinated the activity of the Social-Political Module of the Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM-East project) within the MPC. Her main research interests are in the interconnected migration flows between the EU member states as destination countries on the one hand, and countries of origin, including but not limited to the Horn of Africa, Eastern Partnership countries, Russia, and Central Asia, on the other. Social impact of migration on sending and receiving states, as well as legal aspects of migration, constitute areas of particular research interest. Dr. Bara has also worked on governmental responses to human trafficking and migrant smuggling, with specific focus on post-conflict societies. At the Brussels School of International Studies, Kent University, Dr. Bara teaches the MA course in Histories of International Conflict.