Clara Colonna is a PhD Candidate at Utrecht University in agri-food regulation. Her research focuses on sustainability of EU agri-food law, and in particular on post-growth approaches. In her research, she explores how EU agri-food law has been shaped by economic growth over the years, and how it could be reshaped towards post-growth futures.

Next to her research, Clara is involved in various academic activities. Since November 2024, she has been a reviewer for the European Journal of Legal Studies (EJLS), and since spring 2025, she has been a member of both the PhD Council and the PhD Law Forum at Utrecht University.

Prior to joining Utrecht University in 2023, Clara worked in various organisations on agri-food policy and food regulatory affairs, both in Paris and Brussels. Between 2021 and 2022, she was also a Board Member of Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) Wageningen, and organised several events on local food systems in Wageningen.

Clara studied French law, EU law and International law at Paris-East Créteil University (UPEC), Maastricht University and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. She also studied Food Science and Agri-Food Regulation at Wageningen University.