Clara is a Resident Fellow at the GGI's Global Justice Unit, where she develops strategic partnerships and collaborative projects for research and capacity-building in this area. She has a background in teaching and higher education management. From 2019 – 2021 she worked as a Lecturer and Project Manager at the European Institute for Public Administration in Maastricht, The Netherlands where she was also in charge of the Annual European Public Sector Award.
She is also a PhD Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University in The Hague. Her thesis focuses on the evaluation of strategies to counter human trafficking and labour exploitation in Europe. In her free time, she volunteers for national and international NGOs. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), Clara holds an MPhil in Psychology from the University of Manchester (UK) as well as an M.A. and a B.A. from the University of Bologna (Italy).