Jinene Limam holds a PhD in Public Law and is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences, University of Carthage (Tunisia). She is a member of the Research Center on International Law and Maghreb–EU Relations (University of Carthage) and of the Scientific Council of the International Research Centre REDESM (University of Insubria). Her research focuses on political systems, secularization processes, gender and human rights.
She is the author of numerous publications, including:
-10 thematic and biographical entries in the Dictionary of Feminism in Tunisia, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Tunis, forthcoming 2026.
-Cortelezzi, F., Ferrari, A., & Limam, J. (eds.), 2011-2023 A decade of “Arab Springs”. Societal and Economical Challenges, NY-Torino: Routledge-Giappichelli, 2025.
– 25 thematic entries in the Encyclopedia of Political Science, Tunisian Association of Political Studies/Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Tunis, 2025.
-“Women’s Political Participation in Libya: The Contrasting Outcomes of the Transition,” in Various Perspectives on Contemporary Libya, IRMC, Tunis, 2024.
–Legal Framework of Rights and Freedoms in Tunisia: Agenda of Urgent Reforms, Arab Association of Constitutional Law, Beirut, 2024.
-“Freedom of Religion in Tunisia: A Field of Contradictions,” in A. Ferrari & G. Tornielli (eds.), Religions and Constitutional Transitions in the Mediterranean: The Pluralistic Moment, Routledge, 2017.
Alongside her academic activities, she serves as an independent international expert for several international organizations in Tunisia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her work focuses on supporting institutional and political reform processes, evaluating public policies, and conducting audits grounded in democratic governance and a human-rights-based approach, with particular attention to advancing gender equality and citizenship.
