Sofia Cigolini is an MPP student at the Hertie School of Governance, specialising in Policy Analysis, with a Bachelor in European Economics from UNA Europa. Currently a Visiting Researcher at CISEPS (University of Milan-Bicocca), she works on empirical legal studies using panel econometrics and text-based methods. Her interests focus on EU economic governance and institutional design, with a long-term goal of contributing to European policymaking.