After completing his studies in Philosophy and Theology with a Licentiate in Christian Anthropology, he graduated in Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and obtained a Doctorate in Pastoral Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. Fr. Skoda is a Professor of Pastoral Theology and Human Mobility at the Pontifical Urbanian University; Executive Director of SIMI, an institute specializing in interdisciplinary research and training on migration; Director for Europe and Africa of

A member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles – Scalabrinian Fathers – he has a bachelor’s degree in theology and social sciences, with a strong focus on human rights. He is committed to and highly sensitive to working with vulnerable populations. He has field experience with migrant and refugee populations in various South American countries, with experience analyzing and reflecting on social issues from the perspective of the Church’s social thought.