Teresa Pullano was born in Italy in 1977. She studied philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Pavia and received her M.A. in political theory as well as her doctorate (2009) from the Institut d'études politiques (Science Po) in Paris, where she was associate professor from 2010 to 2011. As a visiting researcher, she spent time at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre and at Columbia University in New York. Furthermore, she held a postdoc position at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Teresa Pullano's research interests include critical theory, political theory, political philosophy, political sociology, European politics, nationalism and state formation, critical social theory, as well as social epistemology.