Furstenberg, Saipira: - Saipira Furstenberg, PhD, is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund Research Fellow, at Ca' Foscari, University of Venice. Her project examines host states' responses to transnational repression. Saipira gained her PhD in Political Science from the University of Bremen in 2017. Prior to joining the University of Venice, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Portsmouth and a Research Associate at the University of Exeter. Her research examines international dimensions of authoritarian regimes, state repression, and human rights. Her work on transnational repression has been published in several leading journals, including European Journal of International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution and The International Journal of Human Rights.