Francesco Colin is visiting research fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and lecturer at the American College of the Mediterranean (France). His research focuses on citizens and civil society engagement at the intersection of local, national, and international governance, with a focus on Morocco and the broader Mediterranean. He published his research in different peer-reviewed journals, including Mediterranean Politics and the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, as well as various book chapters. He is also a senior fellow with the Moroccan Institute of Policy Analysis (MIPA) in Rabat and a contributor to the Arab Reform Initiative.

Francesco obtained his PhD in Development Studies at the ISS is September 2024. Previously, he graduated from the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree "Crossing the Mediterranean: Towards Investment and Integration" (MIM; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and Université Paul Valery Montpellier) and has obtained his Bachelor's degree on International Relations and Diplomatic Studies from the University of Bologna. He also collaborated with the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Rabat as a junior expert, and worked as a consultant for local and international NGOs in Morocco.