Summer School "Contemporary problems of migration law - international and state perspective"

Summer School: Contemporary Problems of Migration Law – International and State Perspective
📅 September 16–18, 2025
📍 Online (MS Teams)

The Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin (Poland) is pleased to invite students, researchers, and professionals to participate in the Summer School “Contemporary Problems of Migration Law – International and State Perspective”, which will take place online via MS Teams on September 16–18, 2025.

If you’re interested in current legal challenges related to international and domestic migration regulation, this Summer School is the perfect opportunity to expand your knowledge. Together, we will explore how national and international legal systems respond to modern migration trends and examine the roles of various institutions in migration governance.

🔍 Who Should Attend?
• Students and scholars of law, international relations, migration studies, and political science.
• Legal practitioners, policymakers, and professionals working with migration law and human rights.
• Anyone curious about how states and international bodies address today’s migration challenges.

💡 Why Join?
• In-Depth Legal Insights: Learn from experts about migration law at both national and international levels.
• Engaging Format: Participate in interactive sessions and discussions with academics and legal professionals.
• International Expertise: Gain perspectives from speakers representing leading European institutions.
• Certificate of Participation: Boost your academic and professional profile.

Registration: https://tiny.pl/wt758xd5

Join us for three days of learning, discussion, and networking – all from the comfort of your own home!

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Indrė Isokaitė-Valužė – Associate Professor, Doctor of Social Sciences (Law), teaching and researching international law, international law of the sea, human rights, treaty law, Advisor to the Dean for International Development at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Head of the Ukrainian Law Centre of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Deputy Chairperson of the Vilnius University Senate Author of a textbook, collective monograph and articles, editor

Konstancja Szkudlarek – Co-Founder & COO at MigraMate. Konstancja is the Co-Founder & COO of MigraMate, with over 8 years of hands-on experience in Polish and EU immigration law. She began her journey as a student actively involved in integration projects for foreigners and later worked with well-known NGOs in Lublin, providing legal support to migrants across Poland. She holds degrees in Law and European Studies from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). Today, she divides her professional time between MigraMate, where she focuses on Polish immigration procedures, and Greenberg Traurig, where she specializes in business migration to the United States. Her work is grounded in both legal expertise and a strong commitment to human-centered support.

Valerian Karchava – Founder & CEO of MigraMate. Valerian is the Founder & CEO of MigraMate, bringing over 8 years of hands-on experience in Polish and EU immigration law. Through his firm, he has guided more than 800 individuals worldwide through immigration, legalization, and citizenship processes. He holds a Master’s degree in EU Law and combines legal expertise with personal migration experience. For over three years, he has served as a human rights monitor at national and EU levels, collaborating with UNHCR, IOM, IRC, and FRONTEX to advocate for fair and dignified treatment of migrants.

Mina Čogurić – is an associate at JPM & Partners Montenegro, where she is pursuing her professional career to become a lawyer. Her areas of specialization include corporate law, dispute resolution, intellectual property law, migration law, and construction law. She earned her LLB degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Donja Gorica, in 2023, and is currently pursuing her LLM studies in Business Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro. During her LLM studies, alongside her colleagues, she represented the faculty in 31st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and in 2024/2025 academic year she had the opportunity to participate as a coach of this year’s team.
During the 2022/2023 academic year, she was awarded a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, German political foundation that promotes democracy, the rule of law, and political education worldwide. This experience enabled her to participate in various training and seminars focused on political and legal topics, as well as principles of democratic societies. In the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, she spent a semester abroad as an Erasmus+ exchange student at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Szczecin, where she further enriched her academic and international experience.

Mateusz Wąsik – attorney-at-law, tax advisor, member of the Warsaw Bar Association and the Mazovian Branch of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw (2012) and completed doctoral studies at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2021). He has 11 years of experience in tax advisory, gained in Poland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
In 2023, he defended his doctoral dissertation (Consequences of the Lack of Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in the Polish Legal System), earning a PhD in social sciences in the discipline of legal studies. In his practice, he specializes in providing tax advisory services related to personal income taxation (personal income tax, inheritance and donation tax, civil law transactions tax), with particular focus on cross-border income taxation. For over three years, he collaborated with Lambda Warsaw, offering pro bono legal and tax advice to the organization’s clients. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He is also the author and co-author of publications on the legal protection of LGBT individuals in Poland.

Kelaniyage Shihan Dilruk Fernando – is an experienced business professional with thirteen years of experience in banking, finance, and insurance. He has six years of experience in corporate management. He has been teaching at the West Pomeranian Business School in Szczecin, Poland, since 2018. His research interest focuses on sustainable management, and he is an expert in quantitative research design and analysis. Additionally, he is a member of the Winnet Centre of Excellence® and a research team member at the UNESCO Chair for Social Sustainability at the University of Szczecin, Poland. He earned a Diploma in Public Management and a Bachelor of Science in Management (Public) General External Degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management and a Master’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Colombo. Furthermore, he has obtained a Professional Qualification in Human Resource Management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management in Sri Lanka. He counts the number of international project experiences as a project member that are funded by the Swedish Institute, the International Visegrad Fund, and the European Commission.

Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny – is a doctor of law, assistant professor at the Chair of Theory, Philosophy and History of Law in the Institute of Law Studies of the University of Zielona Góra. Author of several dozen scientific works in the field of international human rights law, international labour law and migration law, published in Poland and abroad. She conducted research at the invitation of the Universities of Uppsala, Perugia and Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University in Turku. Cooperating researcher of Migration Law Research Centre in the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the editorial boards of “Dyskurs Prawniczy i Administracyjny”, “Marine Policy”, international advisory boards of the journals: “Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta”, “Kenyatta University School of law Journal on Childrens Rights”.

Prabhpreet Singh – Dr, Phd, LLM, Assistant Professor at Christ University/India, researcher in comparative law, author of many scientific publications in the area of comparison if Indian law and European law, Coordinating Committee member of Interest Group on peace and security, European Society of International Law, guest lecture at numerous European universities.

Tamta Gventsadze – is a PhD candidate in EU Law at the University of Tusia, with an extensive knowledge in migration law, particularly the EU’s New Pact. Her current research explores anticipatory governance at the European level, looking at how policies can better prepare for future challenges. With a preliminary thesis title: “Anticipatory Governance in the European Union Multilevel System: Policy-making, Institution-building and Accountability”.
In October 2024, she acquired a Master’s degree in Security and Human Rights programme at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, graduating with a 110/110 cum laude. During her studies, she was actively involved in academic and extracurricular initiatives and completed an Erasmus traineeship at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, Belgium. Prior, she earned her Bachelor’s degree with honours from Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her professional background covers legal writing, journalism, and public diplomacy, including work with the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia.

Marilù Porchia – is a Research Fellow at the University of Tuscia, where she is a member of the CoSME Project (Community Sponsorship for Migrants and Refugees in Europe), and serves as a Contract Professor of International Law at the DEIM Department. She holds a Ph.D. in International and European Law from the University of Ferrara, with a dissertation titled “The Role of Torture Prevention Mechanisms in the Administrative Detention of Third-Country Nationals.” As part of her doctoral research, she was hosted by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Immigration and Human Rights at the Southern Borders of Europe at the Universidad de Cádiz, Spain.
She was admitted to the bar in 2018, and she collaborates as Senior External Expert with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). She graduated in Law from the University of Bologna (cum laude), and during graduation she studied at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil and at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain. Her research focuses on asylum law, migrant detention, torture prevention mechanisms, access to justice, and human rights.

Anna Kosińska – graduate of an art history programme at the Faculty of Humanities of the John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin (KUL) and doktor habilitowany (post-doctoral degree) of law and professor of KUL and of the University of Szczecin. Co-creator of the MIGRA-TEAM research team at the Rule of Law Institute.
Coordinator of the Foreigners’ Section of the Legal Clinic at the University of Szczecin and of numerous projects dedicated to helping and integrating migrants (i.a. Support for Voluntary Returns in Lublin Region I and II co-financed from the funds of the European Return Fund). Author of monographs and publications on migration and refugee law and coordinator of NCN projects, now: “Ombudsman jako gwarant ochrony praw podstawowych migrantów” [The Ombudsman as a guarantor of protection of fundamental rights of migrants”].

Dariusz Zagrodzki – lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Szczecin, member of the International Affairs Team of Faculty of Law and Administration. World vice-champion of international competition on simulating legal advice with a client Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition. His academic interests include the international law, European Union law and international protection of human rights. Participant of international training projects (Summer School “Migration and Human Rights Law”; Course of Legal English; Winter School on Human Rights, Summer Law School on Human Rights in Aarhus, Antidiscrimination Law Course).

Ewa Milczarek – graduate of the University of Szczecin, she obtained a doctorate in social sciences in the discipline of law. Since 2016, he has been an employee of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin, currently as an assistant professor. She specializes in international and constitutional law. Her research area includes the protection of human rights in the context of socio-economic changes. Author of many scientific publications. Active participant in international research projects, influencing the development of legal standards.

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