Sabrina Ragone

Sabrina Ragone is an Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Bologna and a Senior Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg). Her research focuses on comparative law, European law, constitutional justice, and decentralization. She coordinates the Jean Monnet Module CRISES and is the Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 project 'SPACE.'

• Current: Associate Professor, University of Bologna; Senior Research Affiliate, MPI
• Previous: García Pelayo Fellow (Madrid, 2012-2015), Senior Research Fellow (MPI, 2015-2017), and Lecturer/Visiting Professor roles across Europe and Latin America.

Her academic career includes visiting positions at Texas A&M, Boston College, Universidad de Sevilla, and universities in Spain, Germany, France, and Chile. She has held leadership roles in academic committees, including as head of international relations and stakeholder/placement committees at her department.

Ragone’s research emphasizes European legal frameworks, constitutional dynamics, and peripheral-center relations. Her grants include EU Jean Monnet initiatives and Italian PRIN funding. She actively contributes to academic journals and book series, such as Diritti regionali and the Ius Publicum Europaeum series.