Tegiye Birey University of Vienna

Tegiye Birey has a bachelor's degree in Women’s Studies and Political Science with a minor in French Studies from the University of New Hampshire, and a master's degree in Gender and Social Policy from London School of Economics and Political Science. She worked in the field of refugee rights and engaged in gender research and training, and has been part of feminist, queer, anti-militarist and anti-racist activist networks in Cyprus and transnationally. Tegiye's current doctoral research examines the intersectional politics of migrants' and solidarity networks in Malmö, Sweden and her research interests are migration, postcolonial/decolonial feminisms and politics of resistance.