Education
- 2018-2022: PhD Political Science and International Studies -- University of Birmingham (GBR)
- 2015-2017: MA Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe -- joint degree: University of Bologna (ITA), Saint Petersburg State University (RUS), Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas (LTU), Corvinus University in Budapest (HUN)
- 2012-2015: BA International and European Studies -- University of Milan (ITA)
Work experience
Current positions
- since APR2023: Research Fellow -- University fo Bologna (ITA)
- since SEP2022: Adjunct Professor -- University of Bologna (ITA)
- since SEP2022: Programme Tutor MA MIREES -- University of Bologna (ITA)
Past positions
- SEP-2021-AUG2023. Teaching Assistant -- University of Bologna (ITA)
- OCT2018-SEP2022: Doctoral Researcher -- University of Birmingham (GBR)
- FEB-APR2022: Eisenhower Pre-Doctoral Fellow -- NATO Defense College (NDC) (ITA)
- OCT2021-JAN2022: Visiting Doctoral Researcher -- Friedrich-Schiller Universitaet Jena (DEU)
- SEP2020-JUN2021: Staff Officer -- NATO SHAPE, Partnership Directorate, Military Cooperation Division (BEL)
- JAN-AUG2020: Adjunct Lecturer of Russian Foreign Policy -- University of Salford (GBR)
- JAN-JUN2020: Teaching Assistant of Contemporary History -- University of Birmingham (GBR)
- SEP-DEC2019: Visiting Doctoral Researcher -- Saint Petersburg State University (RUS)
- OCT2018-NOV2019: Researcher -- Association of Universities of the Adriatic-Ionian Area (UniAdrion)
- JAN-JUL2018: Assistant to the Staff Officer (trainee) -- NATO SHAPE, Military Partnerships Directorate, Office for the Special Relationship with Ukraine (BEL)
- SEP2017-MAR2020: Foreign Correspondent -- Radio Panda 96.3 fm (ITA)
- MAY-DEC2017: Independent / Associate Researcher -- Institute of International Relations (IIR) (CZE)
- FEB-MAY2017: Assistant to the Ambassador (trainee) -- Italian Embassy in Estonia (EST)
Conferences and other engagements (selected)
- 'Contemporary Italian Narratives on Russia and China: Analysing Continutiy and Change' (with Sara Berloto) -- paper presented during the annual conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA), University of Birmingham (UK), 05-07 June 2024.
- 'The future of strategic competition in Central Asia' -- roundtable organised by the NATO Defence College (NDC), Rome, 29-30 January 2024 (invited participant).
- 'The interplay of Russian and Chinese (self-)perceptions in Kyrgyzstan' (with Sara Berloto) -- paper presented at the annual conference of the Associazione per lo Studio in Italia dell'Asia Centrale (ASIAC), Rome, 14-16 December 2023.
- ‘Beyond the Fremity Paradigm: Exploring the Role of Worldviews and Self-perceptions in Russia-China Relations’ (with Sara Berloto) -- paper presented at the annual conference of the Standing Group on International Relations (SGRI), Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), 15-16 June 2023.
- ‘Not so different after all? Comparing Russia’s Campaigns in Ukraine and Syria’ -- paper presented at the 7thTartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Tartu (EST), 11-13 June 2023.
- ‘No Mere Autocratic Axis: Unpacking Russia’s Support for Assad’s Regime Through the Frame of Patron-Client Relations’ -- paper presented at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Council on Political Research (ECPR), Science Po Toulouse (FRA), 25-28 April 2023.
- 'Russia's way of war: comparing Russia's strategies and operations in Ukraine and Syria' -- paper presented at the annual conference of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS), Hertie School (DEU), 01 July 2022
- 'Le dimensioni convenzionale e nucleare della minaccia russa' -- talk given within the roundtable Verso un nuovo Concetto Strategico della NATO: prospettive e interessi dell'Italia, UNITELMA Sapienza (ITA), 21 March 2022
- 'NATO's Future Leaders Conference' -- workshop organised by the NATO Defense College (NDC), Rome, 17-18 March 2022 (invited participant)
- 'Capire la guerra in Ucraina: una lezione a più voci' -- roundtable organised by the Department of Political and Social Science, University of Bologna (ITA), 10 March 2022
- 'Collegial View on the Strategic Concept' -- workshop organised by the NATO Defense College (NDC), Rome, 6-7 December 2021 (invited participant)
- 'Russia's War-fighting in Syria' -- paper presented at the Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium (DSDS), Cranfield University (online), 9 November 2021
- 'NATO in US-Europe relations' -- talk given within the seminar series World politics and the EU as a global actor, DAAD Study Trip, FSU Jena-NaUKMA Kyiv (online), 29 October 2021 (invited participant)
- ‘What kind of contestant? Ideational drivers and constraints of Russia’s international action’ -- paper presented at the roundtable titled The Contestants of the US-led International Order, annual conference of the Standing Group on International Relations, Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) (online venue), 8 June 2021
- ‘Russia’s Military Preferences and Nuclear Use: Is There an ‘Escalate to De-escalate Doctrine’?’ -- paper presented at the 2nd Early Career Nuclear Strategists Workshop (ECSNW), NATO Defence College (online venue), 30 June-2 July 2020
- ‘Framing Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Culture’ -- workshop organised by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), online venue, 27 May 2020 (invited participant)
- ‘Historical Memory Laboratory: What Happened Before Us? The Problems of Mutual Understanding Between the Younger Generations of Russia and the EU’ -- forum organised by the Gorchakov Fund and the Council on Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Moscow, 20-22 November 2019 (invited participant)
- ‘Sovereignty and (non-)intervention: nature and implications of the normative clash between NATO and Russia’ -- paper presented at the annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA), University of Lancaster, 8-10 July 2019
- ‘NATO-Russia relations through the prism of strategic culture’ -- paper presented at the 12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, EISA-CEEISA, University of Economics, Prague, 12-15 September 2018
