Kristin Fabbe

Kristin Fabbe is a Full-time Professor at the European University Institute (EUI), serving as Chair in Business and Comparative Politics at the Florence School of Transnational Governance (Florence STG). She is also Director of Florence STG Executive Education. Previously, she held positions at Harvard Business School and Claremont McKenna College. Her research focuses on comparative politics with regional expertise in the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and Turkey, emphasizing migration governance, social cohesion, and the interplay between state development strategies and identity politics.

Education: PhD in Political Science from MIT, MSc in History and Theory of International Relations (LSE), BA in History (Lewis and Clark College). She consults for governments, international organizations (e.g., IOM, DG-REFORM), and the private sector on migration and conflict issues.

Her book *Disciples of the State: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World* (2019, Cambridge UP) examines religious institutions' role in state-building in Greece, Turkey, and Egypt. Current research explores economic crises' societal impacts and geopolitical dimensions of human mobility.

Professional roles include service on academic committees (American Political Science Association) and advisory roles, including for Greece's Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Her work bridges academia and policy, addressing contemporary challenges in transnational governance.