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María Jiménez Sánchez as a Visiting Researcher at the “Cesare Beccaria” Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Milan

28th October 2026



From September to December 2026, María Jiménez Sánchez is undertaking a visiting research period at the “Cesare Beccaria” Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Milan, as part of the PhD programme in “Rule of Law and Global Governance” (“Estado de derecho y gobernanza global”) at the University of Salamanca. During this time, she will be working with CRIMePO.

Her research project focuses on youth radicalisation processes, risk and protective factors, and the evaluation of prevention policies, using an approach that integrates criminal justice analysis with psychosocial analysis. Throughout her academic career, she has contributed to this field of study through scientific publications and the presentation of her research findings at national and international conferences. 

She previously graduated in Criminology from the University of Salamanca and obtained a Master’s degree in Characteristics, Prevention and Treatment of Violence from the University of Cádiz.