Summary of professional activity
Currently research fellow in Comparative Public Law at the University of Florence, Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, where she teaches Human Rights and Regional Law (module 2) and teaching assistant in the course “law – module 2 (public law)” at the University “L. Bocconi” of Milan.
She has obtained the PhD degree in Public Law (SSD IUS/09), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara.
Her main lines of research concern the areas of Constitutional Law, Comparative Public Law and Law and Economics. In particular, her research activity concerns relations among legal systems, with particular reference to the Council of Europe system, the protection of rights from a national, supranational and comparative perspective, social rights and lobbying regulation, as well as the legal profiles of the European Central Bank and the relationships between “technique” and “politics”.
National Scientific qualification: Has achieved the National Scientific qualification as associate professor in the Italian higher education system, in the call 2021/2023 for the disciplinary field of 12/C1 - Constitutional law (validity of the qualification: 01/12/2023 – 01/12/2034).
Research fellowship
- Research fellow: University of Florence [01.05.2024 – current] - Research fellow in Comparative Public Law at the Department of Legal Sciences of University of Florence. Research topic: “how the much does lobbying regulation regulation affect the implementation of social rights? An empirical analysis”. Scientific responsible: Prof.ssa Silvia Sassi [Duration: 01.05.2024 – 30.04.2025].
- Research fellow: University of Bologna [01.05.2023 – 30.04.2024] - Research fellow in Constitutional Law at the Department of Legal Studies of University of Bologna. Tutor: Prof. Luca Mezzetti
- Research fellow: University of Bologna [01.03.2022 – 28.02.2023] - Research fellow in Constitutional Law at the Department of Legal Studies of University of Bologna. Tutor: Prof. Luca Mezzetti
- Research fellow: University of Bologna [01.03.2021 – 28.02.2022] - Research fellow in Constitutional Law at the Department of Legal Studies of University of Bologna. Tutor: Prof. Luca Mezzetti
Teachings: Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, where she teaches Human Rights and Regional Law (module 2). Previously taught Principles of Public Law (module 2). For more details, see teachings
Teaching support activities:
Since the academic year 2018/2019 to the academic year 2024/2025: Teaching tutor for the scientific disciplinary field IUS/08 - Constitutional Law at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.
Since the academic year 2018/2019 to the academic year 2024/2025: Teaching assistant in the course “law – module 2 (public law)” (1st semester), at the University "L. Bocconi" of Milan.
Since the academic year 2019/2020 to the academic year 2024/2025: Tutor of the Level I Master's Degree "Diritti umani, Migrazioni, Percorsi di Inclusione interculturale" (i.e. “Human Rights, Migrations, Pathways of Intercultural Inclusion”), University of Bologna, campus of Ravenna.
In the academic years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023: Teaching tutor for the teaching of “Principles of public law”, First cycle degree programme (L) in Social Work (2nd semester), Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna and Tutor teaching - Crash Course on “Basic elements of Public Law”, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, campus of Ravenna.
Post graduation studies
- Master of Studies: European Law and Governance School, Athens (Grecia) [13.10.2020 - 15.02.2023] - In the academic year 2020/2021, has attended the Master of Studies of the European Law and Governance School (ELGS), an International University School of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), based in Athens. On February, 15, 2023, has obtained the Master of Studies degree, discussing a thesis on the topic “The role of the European Central Bank in time of crises” (supervisor Prof. Katerina Lagaria) with “Excellent research work” rating by the International Examining Board.
- PhD in Public Law: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara.01.11.2016 – 31.10.2019: PhD student with scholarship at the University of Studies “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara. PhD Program in “Business, Institutions, Markets,” XXXII cycle. On April, 24, 2020, has obtained the PhD degree, discussing the PhD thesis entitled: “The protection of savings between Eu law and national law. The problem of the supervision and resolution of banking crises”.
Graduation
Graduated in law (LMG/01) at University of Bologna on December, 3, 2015, with a thesis in Fundamental Rights, entitled: “Integrated system of protection of human rights and relations between domestic and ECHR systems.” Supervisor: Prof. Luca Mezzetti. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
International experience
- ELGS Alumni Association [05/21/2023 – current]: Member of the ELGS Alumni Association, which is an association established in the year 2023, based in Athens, Greece, which includes former students of the Master of Studies of the European Law and Governance School (ELGS), International University School of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).
- Master of studies candidate - European Law and Governance School [13.10.2020 - 15.02.2023]: admitted to attend the Master of Studies of the European Law and Governance School (ELGS), an International University School of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), based in Athens. Academic year 2020/2021.
- EBI YRG - European Banking Institute Young Researchers Group [August 2019 - July 2021]: member of the Young Researchers Group (YRG) of the European Banking Institute (EBI), an international joint venture for research in banking and financial regulation, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Collaboration initiated following selection by the EBI YRG Application Committee.
- Visiting PhD Candidate - Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), Frankfurt am Main, Germany [3.01.2019 – 05.31.2019]: As part of his doctoral program, she conducted a period of study and research at the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), an international research institution attached to Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Participation in research projects
- PRIN 2022 [1.05.2024 – current]: As research fellow at the Department of legal sciences of the University of Florence, participates at the activities of the research group PRIN 2022 – “Lobbies and democracy. How the regulation (or lack of regulation) of groups of interests affects the implementation of social, cultural, environmental and digital rights. An evidence-basis analysis of comparative law”. (P.I. Prof. Pier Luigi Petrillo).
- PEBC [6.06.2023 – 31.05.2024]: Since June 6, 2023 member of the research team of the project “Parliaments and Central Banks: Separation or Interaction?” (PEBC), a research project sponsored by the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Florence, funded by the Bank of Italy and also supported by the CESIFIN-Alberto Predieri Foundation (P.I. Prof. Renato Ibrido). Project end date: May 31, 2024.
- PRIN 2017: From March 1, 2020, participant in PRIN 2017 “The essential, and competitive, role of specialized courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in financial law as a precondition for the attainment of socially desirable levels of public and private enforcement. Lessons from history in administrative and business law and the future of judicial review in European financial law in light of European and national fundamental rights” (P.I. Prof. Marco Lamandini). Duration: 36 months.
Associations and Editorial Board Reviews
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal “Diritti regionali”.
- Member of Osservatorio Emilia-Romagna of the Scientific Journal Le Regioni.
- Collaboration with Monitore della giurisprudenza costituzionale.
Participation to congress and seminars as speaker
Participations to many international/national congress and seminars as speaker, among which:
- Conference “La tutela dei diritti alla prova delle legislazioni sul lobbying” - University Enna "Kore", February 28 - March 1, 2025.
- Seminar “Sul (non) binarismo di genere (e sull’autorizzazione a effettuare gli interventi chirurgici di affermazione di genere). La sentenza della Corte costituzionale” - University of Milano, November 26, 2024.
- Seminari “Conversazioni a partire dalla sentenza n. 143/2024 della Corte costituzionale in tema di genere “non binario” - University Sapienza, November 4, 2024.
- V Annual Conference ICON-S Italian Chapter “Lo Stato delle transizioni” - University of Trento, October 18-19, 2024.
- International Study Seminar “Il Sistema delle autonomie regionali e locali: le esperienze italiana, spagnola e marocchina”– University of Bologna, October 2-3, 2024.
- Seminar “Lobbying & Democrazia”– University of Florence, October, 2, 2024.
- Annual Conference ICON-S “The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence” – Faculty of Law, IE University, Madrid (Spain), July 8-10, 2024.
- Seminar “Sul (non) binarismo di genere. La parola alla Corte costituzionale” – University of Milan, June 7, 2024.
- 4th Annual Conference ICON-S Italian Chapter “Politica e Istituzioni tra trasformazioni e riforme” – University Bocconi of Milan, October 13-14, 2023.
- IX Conference of the Association of Comparative and European Public Law “Giurisdizioni costituzionali e poteri politici. Riflessioni in chiave comparata”– University of Milan, September 15-16, 2023.
- VI International Congress Italian-Spanish Seminar “¿Constitucionalismo?” – University of Granada, Granada (Spain), October 5-7, 2022.
- Conference ICON-S Italian Chapter “Il futuro dello Stato” – University of Bologna, 16-17 September 2022.
- Conference “The Dust of Time? Towards a 21st Century Constitutionalism”, organized by the European University Institute (EUI) Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group, October, 7-8, 2021.
- IV International Congress “Perspectivas del constitucionalismo contemporáneo” – University of Murcia, Murcia (Spain), November 28-30, 2018.
- Italian-Ibero-American International Conference on Constitutional Law “Il federalismo in tempi di transizione” – University of Turin, October 16-17, 2017.
- III World Congress of Constitutional Justice “Giustizia e Costituzione agli albori del XXI secolo” – University of Bologna, October 10-13, 2017.
