Chiara Maritato (Italy)

Chiara Maritato is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin. She holds a MSCA "Seal of Excellence" grant for the ROADSIDE project investigating the multilevel governance of transit migration in partnership with the Istanbul Bilgi University European Institute. Her research interests include the controversial notion of "transit" migration and border management, transnational religious actors and diaspora communities, religion and gender issues in contemporary Turkey. Her latest publications are: “Pastor of a Dispersed Flock: Diyanet officers and Turkey's art of governing its diaspora” Italian Political Science Review, "Turkey as the ‘liberator’ of Muslims in Europe: The circulation of Islamophobia as a political remittance” Partecipazione e Conflitto, "Claiming for Moral Superiority while Bargaining with Mobility. Turkey-EU Migration Diplomacy in the post-2016 Euro-Mediterranean space” De Europa.