Researcher at the National Research Council, Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (CNR-ISPC). She holds a Ph.D. in “Demography and Economics of Large Geographic Areas.” Her research interests include the relationship between population, environment, and development in Mediterranean countries; the analysis of migration flows and development dynamics; the enhancement of human capital in societies in transition (Sudan); and science diplomacy. She also served as Scientific Director for the project “A New Sudan through Culture, Technology, and Innovation” (SudanInnovation) from 2020 to 2021, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and for the project “Innovation in Society: Training Paths and Human Capital Enhancement in Sudan” (INSO) from 2017 to 2019, funded by the Ministry of the Interior.
In 2014, as a senior foreign researcher, she was awarded an iPOPs (Individus, Populations, Sociétés) research fellowship at the “Laboratoire d’excellence” of the Institut National d’Études Démographiques (INED) in Paris, offered by the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Espace.
She has received research grants from the “Centre d’Études et de Documentation Économiques, Juridiques et Sociales” (CEDEJ—Khartoum, 2011) and INED (Paris, 2013), and has extensive research experience in Morocco at Mohammed V University–Agdal and the Centre d’Études et de Recherche
