Hedwig is FEPS Senior Research Fellow and Editor-in-chief of the Progressive Post, the magazine run by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies.

She joined FEPS in May 2016 as Senior Policy Advisor, working predominantly on migration and the Western Balkans.

She holds a Ph.D. in History of International Relations from the University of Florence and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics.

From 2006 to 2015, she worked at the Fondazione Italianieuropei, where she was in charge of international relations and activities. She was also a member of the editorial staff of ‘Italianieuropei’, the foundation’s magazine.

She taught Politics and Economics of the European Union, and Italian History and Politics in academic programmes for US students spending a semester in Italy.