Cora Mezger is currently enrolled in the Economics DPhil programme at the University of Sussex, UK. She studied International Business and Economics in Madrid (Pontificia Comillas), Copenhagen (Copenhagen Business School) and Reutlingen (European School of Business) and holds a Masters degree in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. She joined INED as a young researcher in January 2008, where her research focuses on the microeconometric analysis of the determinants and impacts of migration between Senegal and Europe. Previously, she worked for over two years as a consultant for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.