Marco Funk is a graduate student pursuing a Master in European Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris. He completed his Bachelor in Political Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, USA, where he also followed courses in journalism. Some of his extracurricular experiences include working on the 2008 Obama election campaign, assisting journalists at Deutsche Welle Television in Berlin, Germany (2010) and following political events in Europe and Russia during his internship at UCF Global Perspectives (2011). Marco has also participated in several Model United Nations conferences and was the president of the United Nations Association at UCF. Having grown up in the United States and Italy with German-Italian parents, Marco's personal experiences and multicultural upbringing sparked an interest in international migration issues. As a student of EU politics, migration towards/within Europe and the integration of migrants in EU countries especially interests him. During his time at iriv, Marco is assisting the completion of the Migrapass project (www.migrapass.eu).