Justine Gruau is a recent graduate of a Master’s degree in Border Studies, completed at four European universities: Université du Luxembourg (LU), Université de Lorraine (FR), Saarland University (DE) and Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University in Kaiserslautern-Landau (DE). She wrote her master’s thesis on the theme of Femicide and Borders, trying to understand whether the presence of a border is a marker of difference in the treatment of women. The study focused on the U.S.–Canada border, examining state and regional differences in Gender-based violence. Her master’s thesis was written in collaboration with the JMN database program and the BIG_Lab.

She is currently working on a research project that will support the development of the Borders in Globalization database by providing a new dataset on femicide. This dataset will contribute to the database’s data on social development and gender equality