I am a French historian of modern and contemporary history, colonial and postcolonial history, with expertise in political institutions, state-building, and women’s political participation. I have a strong interdisciplinary background in political science, international relations, and African political history. 

I hold a degree in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, specialized in African Studies at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and completed my Ph.D. in History at the European University Institute (Florence). In 2025, I received my Habilitation degree from the Faculty of History of the University of Vienna. I am currently based at the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

In 2022, I was awarded the Elise Richter Fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund’s Excellency Program for top early-career female researchers. My three-year project (263,982.18 €), titled "A history of African female parliamentary pioneers" examines the pioneering efforts of the first women in Africa to campaign for parliamentary seats in the 1960s and 1970s, a time when politics was overwhelmingly male-dominated.

Since 2024, I serve as Co-Editor in Chief of the Revue de l'Histoire Contemporaine de l'Afrique, and since 2022, I am an elected member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, an institution that supports the development of early-career researchers in Austria.