Stefano Braghiroli is Associate Professor of European Studies at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu. He currently serves as director of the Master's programme in “European Studies” offered by the same institute. He received his PhD in Comparative and European Politics from the University of Siena (Italy) in 2010. 

His main research interests include party politics in the European Parliament, EU-Russia relations, regional integration, EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy, and party-based populism. 

His most recent publications include articles in New Perspectives, European Politics and Society, Contemporary Italian Politics, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Journal of Baltic Studies, Journal of Regional Security, and East European Politics as well as various book chapters.