Tania Pagotto

Tania Pagotto is a Non-Resident Visiting Fellow at the International Center for Law and Religious Studies (ICLRS), J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (BYU), USA. She previously held a Non-Resident Visiting Writing Fellowship at ICLRS in 2019 and conducted doctoral research as a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen. Her academic trajectory includes research periods at Cardiff University's Centre of Law and Religion and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

• Ph.D. in Constitutional and Comparative Public Law from the University of Venice
• Master's Degree in Law from the University of Padua

Her research centers on Constitutional Law and Comparative Public Law with deep specialization in Reproductive Rights frameworks across Italy, Spain, and Mexico. She examines intersections between Law and Religion through ethical and political lenses, particularly regarding pregnancy interruption policies. Her work integrates normative analysis with cross-jurisdictional comparisons to advance sustainable legal accommodations for contested rights.

• Young Scholars Fellowship at the Religion and the Rule of Law Program (BYU/Oxford University, 2019)
• Non-Resident Visiting Writing Fellowship (ICLRS, BYU, 2019)
• Research Fellowship at the Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics (Max Planck Institute)

Dr. Pagotto's affiliations demonstrate sustained engagement with leading comparative law institutions. Her advisory activities and grant funding details are not documented in available sources, though her fellowship appointments indicate competitive research support. She maintains active collaboration networks across European and American legal research centers focused on religious freedom and bodily autonomy.

Her primary institutional anchors are the International Center for Law and Religious Studies (BYU) and the Max Planck Institute's Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics, where she contributes to interdisciplinary teams examining religion-state relations and human rights implementation.