Joanna Fomina is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2007-2008 she worked and conducted research as a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Bradford. She has taken part in a number of research projects including ‘The Perception of Poles in Ukraine and Ukrainians in Poland’ (Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw 2013 and 2010); ‘Bilingualism, Identity and Media’ (University of Helsinki, 2008-2011); ‘Gendered Citizenship in Multicultural Europe’ (University of Bergen, 2007-2011); ‘The Image of Polish Migrants in the British Press’ (Institute of Public Affairs, 2006). In 2010-2013 she also coordinated the Europe without Barriers international coalition of NGOs working towards the EU visa liberalisation for the Eastern Partnership countries. She authored and co-authored two book publications: Immigration and Diversity in Europe: Lessons from British Multiculturalism (VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010) and Lived Diversities: Space and Identities in the Multi-Ethnic City (Policy Press, 2010), and a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and research reports.