Alessandro Ferrari – Associate Professor, Department of Law, Economy, and Cultures, University of Insubria; G20 Interfaith Forum International Organizing Committee

Alessandro Ferrari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Economy, and Cultures, at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria. He did his PhD at the University of Milan and at the University of Paris XI. His main research interests are Church and State issues in Italy and West Europe; French laïcité; Secularism and Civil Religion; Democracy and Religion; Islam in Italy and in Europe; Comparative Law of Religions. He is a member of CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) Research Group on ‘Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité’, the International Migration, Integration, and Social Cohesion Network, and the editorial board of Dalmon.