Expertise
EU-Russia relations, EU energy policy, politics of memory and identity in Europe, European security, Italy’s role in the European Union
Honorary title
Adjunct Professor in World Politics, University of Helsinki; Adjunct Professor in International Affairs, especially European studies, Tampere University
Work experience
Lecturer, course ‘Contemporary European Politics and Integration’ (MA in European and Nordic Studies), winter semester 2019
Lecturer and Convenor, course ‘The EU, Russia and the shared neighbourhood: relations after the Ukraine crisis’, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, fall semester 2018
Guest lecturer, University of Tampere, March 2015 and November 2016
Lecturer and Convenor for course “EU Energy Security and Climate Action”, University of Cologne International Summer University, August 2015
Tutor and Lecturer for courses “The EU as a global actor” (B.A. Honours) and “The EU in International Affairs” (M.A.), University of Edinburgh, 2013-2014
Researcher and project manager at Centre for North South Economic Research (CRENoS), lecturer for courses “European integration” and “Topics in economics” University of Cagliari, 2014
Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow, Institute of World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 2012
Tutor at the Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne, 2011 and 2013
Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow, Trans European Policy Studies Association, Brussels, 2011
Intern, Action against Terrorism Unit, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 2010
Visiting positions
Visiting Researcher at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, November 2018 and March 2019
Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy, April-May 2017
Visiting Researcher, DAAD fellow and co-manager of EU-28 Watch project, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, January-July 2014
Guest lecturer at Theseus summer school on European Energy Policy, Berlin, June 2014
Academic awards
DAAD Fellowship, 2013-2014
Marie Curie Fellowship, 2010-2013
Master’s scholarship, Region of Sardinia, 2008-2010
Eubule Thelwall Prize in History, Jesus College, Oxford University, 2008
Degrees
PhD in Politics, Universities of Edinburgh and Cologne, 2014
M.A. in International Studies, University of Vienna and Vienna School of International Studies, 2010
B.A. in History and German, University of Oxford, 2008
Language skills
English, Italian, German, French (working languages), Russian (receptive skills)
