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Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Özlem Lakatos has attended universities in France, Canada, Switzerland, and Belgium. She studied law and political science at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Amiens (Bachelor / Licence in 2013) and at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Moncton (Master / Maîtrise with honors in 2014) and completed by European and Global studies at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ and the ±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ùé Libre de Bruxelles (Master of Arts in 2016). She is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Sciences at the Institute of Gender Studies at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Academic Work Experience:

Since August 2024: Visiting Research Fellow, Ralph Bunch Institute for International Studies, City AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of New York, USA.

2023-2024: Scientific Collaborator, Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland.

2017-2023: Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Philip D. Jaffé (Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child), Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland.

2015: French as a Foreign Language (FLE) Tutor, ±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ùé Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

2013–2014: Research and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Political Science, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of Moncton, Canada.

Other Work Experience:

2017: Junior Research Analyst, Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), Ministry of Defense, Paris, France.

2016: Intern, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Strasbourg, France.

2016: Intern, Representation of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

Volunteering and Engagements:

Özlem served as a Youth Counselor for the City of Amiens (2012–2014) and the Region of Hauts-de-France (2011–2015). She is also an alumna of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

She volunteered on several children’s rights-related projects with NGOs in Senegal (2013), the United Kingdom (2017), and Bulgaria (2017).

Languages: French (native speaker), English (C2), German (A2).