Associate Professor, Department of Law, Economy and Cultures at Insubria University (Como and Varese) | Italy

Alessandro Ferrari, Llb University 0f Modena (1993), PhD Law and Religion University of Milano (1999), PhD Canon Law (University of Paris XI (2003) is Associated Professor in the Department of Law, Economy and Cultures of the University of Insubria (Varese and Como) and permanent visiting professor at the Research Master “Islamologie, Droit et Gestion” at the University of Strasbourg. He is scientific director of the Research Center “Religion, Law and Economy in Mediterranean Area” (REDESM) at the University of Insubria where he teaches Law and Religion, Comparative Religious Laws and Mediterranean Islam. His most recent books include Libertà religiosa in Italia. Un percorso incompiuto (Carocci, Roma 2012) and The burqa affair across Europe, ed. with Sabrina Pastorelli (Ashgate, Farnham 2013).