About Ester Sigillo

Ester Sigillò is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bologna and an associated researcher to the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, at the European University Institute in Florence. Her research interests focus on civil society, social movements and Islamic activism in the Maghreb. Ester is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (Florence campus) where she currently teaches Comparative Political Systems in the Mediterrranean Region.