Ester Sigillò

Ester Sigillò is a postdoctoral researcher in an ERC funded project hosted by the University of Bologna. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Scuola Normale Superiore. Her PhD thesis, under the supervision of Donatella della Porta, focused on the politicization of civil society actors in post-authoritarian Tunisia.  Her current research interests include democratization, social movements and Islamic activism in the Maghreb. In the framework of her doctoral activities she served as visiting fellow at the Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC) in Tunis and as a research fellow in the ERC project TARICA. After her PhD she served as a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies under the supervision of Olivier Roy.