Danni Reches is a joint PhD fellow based at the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) at the University of Haifa, and Leipzig University in Germany.Her PhD dissertation focuses on policy and media discourses of persons with a migration background from the MENA region to the EU. For this research, Danni receives a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Danni has a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from Leiden University, BA certificate in Peace & Conflict Studies, and an MA in International Relations - both from the University of Haifa. In addition, she has been an Erasmus student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been invited as a visiting fellow to Radboud University in Nijmegen. Other projects Danni works on outside of academia are people-2-people dialogue and social inclusion workshops for young adults to improve their situation in both conflict areas and in other places as minorities.