CERSAN2024 Program Now Available

The official program and book of abstracts of the 11th Annual Conference on International Studies (CESRAN2024), to be held in hybrid format at Cà Foscari University of Venice, 1-3 October 2024, has been released and is now available in PDF format here: https://cesranconference.org/?p=225. The 11th edition of the CESRAN conference is organized by the Centre for Strategic Research and […]

Interview on EU Policy in Central Asia Released in Sputnik

Requested by Sputnik International, I commented on EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the implications for Russia: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240802/eu-stands-little-chance-of-turning-central-asian-nations-against-russia—analyst-1119602859.html. The interview is available also in Sputnik Telegram channel at this link: https://t.me/SputnikInt/63075.

Participation at the IPSA 75th Anniversary Conference in Lisbon

On 12 September 2024 I will present (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13370094) the paper “The Impact of Russian Nationalism on Ethnic Conflicts in Soviet and Post-Soviet States” (within panel P-083 on Nationalism and Ethnicity in Democracy and Autoritarism, to be held 16:45-18:15 in Auditorium 2 of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, at the IPSA 75th Anniversary Conference dedicated […]

Reviewer and Author for the Scientific Journal of the Italian Ministry of Defence

Upon request of the chief editor of the scientific journal Strategic Leadership Journal. Challenges for geopolitics and organizational development (ISSN: 2975-0148) published by CASD – Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (Centre for Defence Higher Studies) of the Italian Ministry of Defence, I accepted the invitation to contribute as reviewer and author to the publication launched […]

Selected as Expert for the Slovak Research and Development Agency and Horizon Europe

I was selected by the European Commission (DG Research & Innovation |SCIENCE for POLICY, ADVICE & ETHICS Unit | Ethics & Research Integrity Sector (RTD.02.001) as ethics expert for the performance of the Ethics Appraisal for Horizon Europe funded research. I was also selected as international expert by the Slovak Research and Development Agency – […]

Comment on the Law on Foreign Agents in Canada and Georgia released in Sputnik

Requested by Sputnik International, I commented on the law on foreign agents adopted in Canada and Georgia. The article with my remarks is available here: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240620/why-canada-gets-a-pass-from-the-west-for-foreign-agents-law-while-georgia-is-punished-1119038119.html. The comments are available also in Geopolitics Live on Telegram at this link: https://t.me/SputnikInt/59783.

Confirmed Judge at The Global Undergraduate Awards 2024

I was confirmed as Judge at The Global Undergraduate Awards (UA) 2024 in the Politics and International Relations panel as representative of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage (DFCH) of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. This is the second year I serve in this position. In 2023 I debuted as one of the UA 488 judges representing 192 […]

Exposition of ePoster at the Annual Portuguese National Science Summit

The ePoster “Research on Exploiting Cognitive Hacks (REACH)” (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11507818) will be displayed at Encontro Ciência 2024, the annual Portuguese National Science Summit to be held at the Alfândega Porto Congress Centre 3-5 July 2024, organized by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) in partnership with Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a […]