Staff

Miia-Mari Paavonaho is a Finnish Policy Trainee who joined Milieu in November 2024. She currently works on projects for DG Just on Mobility and on a National report of Sweden on forest ownership.

Paola contributes to research on a range of projects, and has a particular interest in the integration of EU policies in the planning and implementation of public investment programmes.

Per Lundberg is a Swedish national working as an Advisor at Milieu.
He holds a Master’s degree in European Politics and Policies from KU Leuven and a Master’s degree in Environment and Resource Management from VU Amsterdam.
Prior to joining Milieu, he worked for the European Federation of Intelligent Energy Efficiency Services on policy and communications, mainly regarding energy-related acts under the Fit for 55 Package. Before that, he worked under a member of the European Parliament, focusing on the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, following a Blue Book traineeship at the European Environment Agency’s Brussels liaison office.
Per is particularly interested and experienced in comparative public policy and European energy, climate, and environmental politics and governance.

Raffaella D’Antonio is an Italian national, working as an Associate Researcher at Milieu. She holds a 5-year Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Naples, Federico II (Italy) and an LLM in International Legal Studies from Newcastle University (United Kingdom). Since 2016, Raffaella has carried out several researching activities in human rights and environmental protection and she will defend her PhD thesis in April/May 2021 (Newcastle University, United Kingdom).

Phong Róbert Pham Nam is a Hungarian national and Policy Trainee based in Brussels. Mr Pham Nam specialises in applied economic analysis for EU policy, drawing on recent work as a Blue Book Trainee in the Chief Economist Team at DG GROW, where he worked across trade, industrial policy and investment topics, combining quantitative research   with practical policy support.

Shannon Bell Petra is an American national who moved to Brussels in 2018. Prior to joining Milieu, she worked as a teacher librarian for a private secondary school in Greece and as a volunteer in her community with the Community Kitchen through Serve the City.

As a qualified librarian and with international work experience in various fields – from technology to finance to education – specifically working with SMEs, she has a polyvalent skill set in information management. She likes working in a team as a facilitator and enjoys bringing her enthusiasm and commitment to client relations as a contracts and administrative assistant for Milieu.

Sophie Patras is a French national who joined Milieu as a Legal Trainee in September 2023. She holds a Master’s degree in EU law from the Faculty of Law and Politics of Aix-en-Provence, and graduated from the College of Europe’s Bruges campus in 2019. Sophie is specialised in fundamental rights, internal market law and judicial cooperation, as well as in digital and new technology matters. Sophie has developed her career in both legal and policy matters.