She holds a PhD in international relations from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and previously served as a Pears Fellow in Israel and Mediterranean studies at the Middle East Center of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford, and as a Marie Curie Fellow and Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute. Del Sarto’s specializations include politics and international relations of the Middle East region, as well as relations among the Middle East, the European Union, and the United States. Her research also focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and EUIsrael bilateral and multilateral relations. Her most recent book is Fragmented Borders, Interdependence and External Relations: The Israel-Palestine-European Union Triangle, published by Palgrave Macmillan.