Role
Full Professor and Joint Chair in Mediterranean Studies at the Department of Political and Social Sciences and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (EUI).
Bio
After graduating in Political Science from the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg , she began her career in Germany as an external collaborator and consultant at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation , Jerusalem (1997-1998) and the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem. From 1998 to 2000, she was Project Manager of 'The German Fund for Palestinian NGOs' for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation , Jerusalem. In 2003, she obtained a PhD in International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (summa cum laude). From 2004 to 2005, she was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and from 2005 to 2007, a Marie Curie Fellow, also at the European University. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Pears Fellow in Israel and Mediterranean Studies at the University of Oxford, St Antony's College , Middle East Centre . Between 2011 and spring 2019 he was a part-time Professor at the European University Institute.
Since 2010, she has been an Adjunct Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies , SAIS Europe (Bologna), where, in 2015, she became an Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies. She obtained the Italian National Academic Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor in 2015 and as Full Professor in 2019.
Raffaella A. Del Sarto was principal investigator and director of the research project BORDERLANDS: Boundaries, Governance, and Power in the European Union's Relations with North Africa and the Middle East , funded by the European Research Council (ERC), from 2011 to 2018 at the European University Institute. She has published two monographs, over 15 academic articles, over 10 book chapters, and various policy reports and working papers. She has also edited five volumes.