Klodiana Beshku is an Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana. She conducted her post-doc as a Jean Monnet Fellow in the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies of the European University Institute during 2020-2021. She received her PhD from the University of Pisa and her M.A. from the University of Siena and the University Robert Schuman III of Strasbourg. She has held visiting research positions at Scuola Normale Superiore and the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute.