Caterina Roggero is a Senior Research Fellow at ISPI’s Middle East and North Africa Centre and teaches Arab Culture, with a focus on the contemporary history of North Africa and the Middle East, at the University of Milan.
She holds a Research Master’s degree from Aix-Marseille I University, a Ph.D. in International History from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Milan, and completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Milano-Bicocca, within the Chair of Arab Cultural Institutions. She has also obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in African History and Institutions.
Her research focuses on the contemporary history and socio-political developments of North Africa, particularly the three Maghreb countries, as well as Italian-Algerian and Euro-Mediterranean relations. She has published numerous essays and articles in international academic journals, along with several academic and general-interest books published by leading Italian publishers.
She is also responsible for “MED This Week”, ISPI’s newsletter providing analysis and commentary on current developments across the wider Mediterranean region.