Chiara Rutolo is the project manager of the ERC project "States, Nationalism, and the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods Provision (ETHNICGOODS)", lead by Matthias vom Hau. She contributes the overall coordination of the tasks required to meet the project goals.

Chiara Rutolo is a European Projects Manager with a high level of proficiency in multiple languages and experience working in diverse cultural contexts. Her academic background is in EU-Southern Mediterranean relations, languages, history, literature, intercultural communication, human development, migration studies and decentralized cooperation. She holds a BA in Foreign Languages and Literature (Arabic and English) and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in Mediterranean Studies, jointly offered by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Università Ca' Foscari (Venice) and the Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier).