Role
Professor of Political Science, International Relations, and Security Studies at the School of International Studies and the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento.
Bio
In 2015, he obtained a PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, with research at the University of Oxford.
She has conducted research and held academic positions in Italy and abroad, including at the Freie Universität Berlin, Sciences Po Bordeaux, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Since 2023, she has been an associate professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Trento. In 2026, she obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the role of full professor.
Since 2023, she has been the coordinator of the Master in International Security Studies (MISS). She has been a co-editor of the open-access journal Interdisciplinary Political Studies since 2016, a research associate at the Observatory on Central Asia and the Caspian, and, from 2022 to 2026, she was co-coordinator of the Standing Group on Russia and Post-Soviet Space of the Italian Society of Political Science, elected to two consecutive terms.
His research focuses on international security and the transformation of European security, conflicts and wars, and the role of the European Union and regional organizations, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. He has regularly conducted research assignments in these areas. He also works on the protection of cultural heritage in conflict and post-conflict situations, as well as the ethics and security of qualitative research in crisis contexts and international intervention.