Samir Beharić is an award-winning human rights activist and a doctoral candidate at the Department of Geographic Migration and Transition Studies at the University of Bamberg. His professional experience includes serving as a Lantos Congressional Fellow at the US Congress, completing a Schuman Traineeship at the European Parliament in Brussels, and working as a Research Officer at the Balkan Forum in Prishtina. Samir holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Sarajevo and a Joint Master’s Degree from the University of Vienna and Leipzig University.