Dr. Valentina Carraro is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), within the Diplomacy and Global Affairs (DGA) research group. Her research interests include global and regional human rights governance, the fight against torture and other forms of violence, state compliance with international law, and the use of expertise in public bodies. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Maastricht University (2017).

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Dr. Valentina Carraro is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), within the Diplomacy and Global Affairs (DGA) research group. Her research interests include global and regional human rights governance, the fight against torture and other forms of violence, state compliance with international law, and the use of expertise in public bodies. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Maastricht University (2017).

Before joining Leiden University in February 2021, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights in Vienna and at Maastricht University, and she held teaching positions at the University of Groningen and VU Amsterdam. She has also been a visiting researcher at Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Amsterdam. 

PhD supervision

Valentina Carraro is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
•    Human rights
•    International organisations 
•    New actors in global governance

Publications