Emilia is a PhD student in Studies on Organised Crime at the University of Milan, Italy. Her research interests include gang violence, the relations between organised crime, the state and civil society, as well as the interconnections between legal and illegal governance in Central America – and mainly in Honduras – where where she lived from 2013-2014.
Fluent in Spanish, English and Italian, Emilia holds a MSc (Distinction) in Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security at the University of Essex (UK) and a BSc in Economics at the University of Trento (Italy).