After graduating in law in Brazil and completing a master's degree in Geneva, Júlia worked in multiple not for profit organisations before becoming a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in October 2018. While developing her research on undesirable but unreturnable migrants, she contributes to multiple research projects. She was involved in the development of the second edition of the ICRC and Brussels Privacy Hub Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action and currently works on the Horizon 2020 Rebuild project as well as manages FRC’s role as national FRANET contractor.