Artemis Fyssa is a PhD student in Sociology, at Basel University. She currently is one of the principal researchers for the project “Infrastructure space and the future of migration management: the EU Hotspots in the Mediterranean borderscape” focusing on the Greek case studies. She holds a Master of Science in Urban Studies by Vrije Universiteit Brussel – under a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation – and a Master of Arts in Anthropology of Music by National & Kapodestrian University of Athens. She received her Bachelor Diploma in Sociology from Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences. She has worked as a Web Editor for prominent Media outlets, and a Project Proposal Writer and Project Coordinator for “Antigone - Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non-Violence”.