Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development

Susanna Trotta

Susanna Trotta

Associated Researcher

 

Susanna Trotta studied Intercultural Communication (BA Hons) at the University of Genoa (Italy) and Migration Studies (MSc, Distinction) at University College London (UK). She is currently working on her PhD at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gräb and Prof. Dr. Regina Römhild (expected completion 2022). She also works as research adviser at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities. In the last six years, she has worked and volunteered with forced migrants in Italy and Germany. Susanna also holds a Diploma in classical piano from “N. Paganini” conservatory of Genoa (Italy) and is involved in several sound-related projects.

 

Research interests

 

Migration, Forced Migration, Religion, Vulnerability, Sustainable Development, Localisation, Representation, Sound

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

  • 2019-current Visiting researcher at Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development and PhD Student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Theology.
  • 2018-current Research Adviser at Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
  • 2017-2018 Social worker with asylum seekers in Genoa (Italy)
  • 2016-2018 Volunteer for Refugees Welcome Italy
  • 2015-2016 MSc Migration Studies - UCL (UK)
  • 2014 Trainee and volunteer at Berliner Stadtmission
  • 2005-2009 BA Intercultural Communication - University of Genoa (Italy)
  • 1996-2007 Diploma - “N. Paganini” Conservatory in Genoa (Italy)

 

Publications

 

Trotta, S. and Wilkinson , O. (forthcoming) ‘Local Faith Communities and Responses to Displacement.’ Chapter in Peter Searles-Adey et al. (eds) Handbook of Displacement, Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Faith and Positive Change for Children, Families and Communities (2020) ‘Practicing Our Faith Safely During a Pandemic’ Series. UNICEF, Religions for Peace, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (contributor). https://jliflc.com/fpcc/

 

JLI, Multi-Religious Faith-in-Action (April 2020) ‘COVID-19 Campaign Guidance Document for Religious Leaders and Faith Communities.’ Washington DC: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (contributor).

https://jliflc.com/resources/multi-religious-faith-in-action-covid-19-initiative-reference-document-ed-1/

 

Trotta, S. and Wilkinson, O. (2019) ‘Partnering with Local Faith Actors to Support Peaceful and Inclusive Societies.’ Washington DC; Bonn: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities; International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) https://www.partner-religiondevelopment.org/service/news-archive/article/partnering-with-local-faith-actors-to-support-peaceful-andinclusive-societies/

 

 

Wilkinson, O. and S. Trotta (2019) ‘Faith Actor Partnerships in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Scoping Study.’ Washington DC; Bonn: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI); International Partnership on Religion and Development (PaRD)

 

Wilkinson, O. and Trotta, S. (2019) ‘Local Faith Actors, Refugee Response, and Educational Initiatives’, Berkeley Forum, Berkeley Centre for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University (Blog post).

https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/local-faith-actors-refugee-response-and-educational-initiatives

 

JLI (2018) ‘Faith Actors and the Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees’, Policy Brief, Refugees & Forced Migration Learning Hub. Prepared, under the direction of Prof. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Mr Fitzgibbon, and Dr Olivia Wilkinson (JLI Director of Research), by Susanna Trotta and edited by Maya Casagrande and Vittorio Infante.

https://jliflc.com/resources/policy-brief-faith-actors-and-the-implementation-of-the-global-compact-on-refugees/

 

Trotta. S. (2017) ‘Safe and Legal Passages to Europe: A Case Study of Faith-Based Humanitarian Corridors to Italy’, Working Paper, UCL Migration Research Unit.

https://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk//research/research-centres/migration-research-unit/publications/working-papers/files/MRU%20WP%20Susanna%20Trotta%202017%205.pdf

 

Trotta, S. (2017) ‘Alternative safe and legal routes to refuge: the case of Faith-Based Humanitarian Corridors to Italy’, Refugee Hosts: Local Community Experiences of Displacement From Syria (Blog post).

https://refugeehosts.org/2017/05/02/faith-based-humanitarian-corridors-to-italy-a-safe-and-legal-route-to-refuge/

 

 

Selected Conference Presentations

 

2019

 

International Partnership on Religion and Development (PaRD) General Assembly of

Members - Copenhagen (Denmark) - Poster presentation on JLI Refugee and Forced

Migration Hub (May, 2) and presentation on preliminary results of JLI/PaRD study ‘Partnering with Local Faith Actors to Support Peaceful and Inclusive Societies.’

 

2017

 

University of the Aegean, Mytilene - Lesvos (Greece) Contested Borderscapes: Transnational Geographies vis-à-vis Fortress Europe. Paper: Safe and Legal Passages to 

Europe: A Case Study of Humanitarian Corridors to Italy (September, 29)

 

RGS - IGB Annual Conference - London (UK). Session: Faith and the Practicing of Social

Justice. Paper: Faith-based Engagements with Forced Migration: the Case of Humanitarian

Corridors to Italy (August, 30)

 

XXXII Congress of Italian Geographers - Rome (Italy). Session: The Mediterranean: for a

Critical Geography of the Frontier. Paper: Humanitarian Corridors. An Alternative to

Securitarian Externalizing and de-humanizing Policies? (June, 8)

 

University of Westminster - London (UK) Rights and Might: Cultural Counter-Narratives of

the Migrant and Refugee Experiences. Paper: Safe and Legal Passages to Europe: Faith-

Based Humanitarian Corridors to Italy (June, 23)

 

2016         

                   

University of Bari (Italy) Escapes annual conference on forced  migration. Paper:

‘Mediterranean Hope: the Case of Civil Society’s Humanitarian Corridors Initiative’ (June)