Role
Scientific Director of the Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), an operational unit of the Centre for International Cooperation.
Bio
A PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Fiesole and a graduate in Political Science from the University of Milan, she has directed the OBCT since 2006. From 2003 to 2008, she was a contract professor of Eastern European History and Institutions at the University of Bologna and has taught European affairs in numerous university courses in Italy and abroad.
Between 2003 and 2005, she was a researcher at the Institute for Eastern Europe and the Balkans, where she coordinated various European research projects on the integration of the Balkans into the European Union. She previously collaborated with international governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the OSCE, the World Bank, and the International Security Council.
At the helm of OBCT, she contributed to the development of a think tank model that integrates information, research, training, dissemination, and advocacy, promoting dialogue between academia, journalism, civil society, and politics, and between Eastern and Western Europe. Her research interests focus on civil society and transnational social dynamics.