Danni Reches is a research assistant at the Center. She received her BA in Middle Eastern Studies from Leiden University, the Netherlands, during which she spent a semester at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Danni also holds a BA certificate (1 year) in Peace & Conflict Studies and an MA degree in Diplomacy (cum laude) from the University of Haifa. In this framework, she received a scholarship for outstanding students. Currently, Danni Reches is a PhD fellow at the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) at the University of Haifa. 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). In other research projects, Danni works on refugees and International Law in the EU during crises, including the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ and the Corona pandemic. She is invited as a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Migration Law at Radboud University, the Netherlands, in the summer of 2021.

Danni hosts the podcast ‘What are you going to do with that?’ of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa. In the podcast she talks with Early Career Researchers about their academic journey and raises awareness for mental health in academia.