Current positions
• March 2024 - present: Postdoctoral Researcher (PRIN 2020 "Decision-Making in Time of Emergencies"); Baffi Centre on Economics, Finance and Regulation, Luigi Bocconi University
• June 2023 - present: Affiliated Researcher; Research Group on Government and Law, University of Antwerp
• Sept 2018 - present: Teaching Assistant Comparative Constitutional Law; Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna
Education
• 2019-2023: University of Bologna and University of Antwerp — Joint Ph.D. in Legal Studies (final grade: Excellent)
• January-May 2019: University of Florence — Seminar on Parliamentary Studies and Research "Silvano Tosi"
• 2016-2018: University of Bologna — Master's degree in International Relations (cum laude)
• 2013-2016: University of Bologna — Bachelor's degree in Political, Social and International Sciences
Work experience
• Feb - Dec 2023: Junior Researcher; EURAC Institute for Comparative Federalism, Bolzano/Bozen
• Dec 2019 - May 2023: Junior Researcher; Research Group on Government and Law, Università di Anversa, Belgio
• April 2020 - present: External Reviewer; EJLS - European Journal of Legal Studies, Florence
• January 2020 - present: Editorial Board Member; STALS - Sant'Anna Legal Studies, Pisa
• March-May 2020: Trainee; Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
• 2016-2017: Tutor Quality Assurance MA in International Relations; School of Political Sciences, University of Bologna
• 2016-2017: Research Assistant; Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, Bologna
Research activity
• September - October 2022: Visiting Scientist — EURAC Institute for Comparative Federalism (Bolzano/Bozen, Italy)
• February - April 2022: Visiting Joint Ph.D. Researcher — Research Group on Government and Law, University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
• September 2021 - January 2022: Visiting Ph.D. Student — Department of Law, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
• March - May 2021: Visiting Joint Ph.D. Researcher — Research Group on Government and Law, University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
• November 2018: Visiting Research Associate — School of Law, Queen’s University of Belfast (Belfast, UK)
Research fields
• Comparative constitutional law and comparative politics;
• Constitutional design for divided societies;
• Federalism and asymmetries in constitutional law;
• Minority rights and territorial/non territorial autonomy.
Scholarships and awards
• 2021: Research grant (3 months) financed by the BOF Fellowship for Joint PhDs of the Research Council of the University of Antwerp
• 2020: Research grant (3 months) financed by the Program “Marco Polo” of the University of Bologna
• 2019: Ph.D. scholarship (3 years) financed by the Project “Department of Excellence” of the Italian Ministry of Education
Languages
• English (C1, IELTS 7.5)
• French (B2, Linguistic Center of the University of Bologna)
