Her research focuses on the history of Islamic Law and the reciprocal presence of Islamic traditions in Europe, enlarging the view of how the Other is treated in a complicated normative situation. The understanding of this complexity is achieved through her studies trying to cross the characteristic phenomena of Islamic legal cultures: from the religious socialization of Muslims in Europe, to the legal and extra-legal modalities of conflict resolution, passing through the discourses on narrative memories and crossed collective identities. At the same time she continues to observe and analyze the development of human rights in the Muslim world, especially the situation of women and minorities

Since 2020, she is member of Pluriel – University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon. She was the co-director of the international and interdisciplinary research project “Convivencia” with the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History at Frankfurt (2015-2018). She has conducted research and teaching activities at the Universities of Paris (Sorbonne), Bonn, Basel, Madrid and Oñati (the first course on “Islamic Legal Cultures and Accommodation of Islam in Europe” at the International Institute of Legal Sociology in Oñati (IISL)).