I am a legal researcher based at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (University of Lausanne). Broadly speaking, my current research agenda centers on democratic governance and the role that legal innovations can play in upholding democratic ideals. My first book, Transnational Constitution Making (Routledge, 2024) examines the involvement of external actors in democratic constitution-making.

My research agenda is twofold: (1) constitution-making and its transnational dimension; and (2) the integration of technology in law-making. My published work on transnational constitution-making focuses on the role of international organisations and NGOs during constitutional drafting, exploring the role of experts and transnational actors. I am also developing projects that examine the use of technological tools in law-making, political participation of people with disabilities, AI technologies and legal drafting, and the regulation of these technologies by parliaments and other law-making bodies.

I earned my PhD in Law from the University of Louvain, where I analysed transnational involvement in the Tunisian constitution-making process and conducted fieldwork and interviews in Tunis. During my doctorate, I was awarded a fellowship from the Belgian American Education Foundation and spent a year as a visiting researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Outside of academia, I have worked as a project manager at the Global Forum for Democratizing Work, where I organised a global conference that gathered more than 3,000 participants. I also worked as an analyst at New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice (Te Arawhiti), where I focused on transitional justice and indigenous rights in the ongoing reconciliation process between the British Crown and Māori indigenous groups. I was involved in multiple settlements, ranging from negotiations to the establishment of governance schemes for natural resources, as well as translating the terms of the settlement into legislation.

My expertise lies at the crossroads of social sciences and law, with a focus on qualitative methods, particularly case studies. My research interests currently center on the intersection of AI technologies, human rights, and governance issues. I work in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Feel free to reach out if you have a project that could be of interest.