European University Institute
Dr. Lehte Roots obtained her PhD in the Law Department of European University Institute in Florence, Italy. After graduation she was offered a position of Vice Director of Euro College in University of Tartu. Currently she is Associate Professor in Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology. She worked as a research assistant for the EUCITAC and EUDO Citizenship project in Robert Schuman Centre. Previously she has been employed as a lecturer and Head of the Chair of EU Institutions and Law in Estonian Public Service Academy. Lehte has participated in several EU wide research projects about the free movement, asylum, detention and migration conducted for the EU Commission and EU Parliament. She has also worked as a lawyer, coordinator and is Member of the Board of Estonian Refugee Council. She has obtained a Master degree in Public Management in Potsdam University in Germany. Her research interests are related to asylum, migration, citizenship, free movement and equality law and policy of European Union and Estonia.
Thank you and good luck to Lehte
Rainer Bauböck