Maria Rosaria Ferrarese is a professor of Sociology of Law at the Università di Cagliari. She has conducted research at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales of Paris and George Washington University. Since 2001 she has been a full-time teachers at the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione, conducting research and training for administrators. She is one of the leading scholars in the field of globalization of law and governance.