Eszter Salgó studied International Relations at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences in 2002 and obtainded a Ph.D. in European History at the Department of Political Science of the Sapienza University of Rome in 2005, where she is currently teaching psychology of conflicts and international security. She is also adjunct professor of International Relations at the American University of Rome.

Salgó edited Leggere la rivoluzione islamica iraniana a Roma (Reading the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Rome, 2009), in which she analyses the psychological dimension of the relations between the United States and Iran.