01/09/2022-28/02/2024 – Principal investigator of the research project 'Emerging Disruptive Technologies and Warfare. Consistency with International Law and further Considerations and Implications' funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence (MDN) and managed by the Center for Research and Development of the Military University Institute (CIDIUM)/Armed Forces General Staff (EMGFA).
08/03/2021-30/11/2022 – Principal investigator and project manager of the research project 'North Atlantic Security and Defense Strategy – NASDS' (Ref. No. FBR_OC_194) run by the Center for Research and Development of the Military University Institute (CIDIUM)/Armed Forces General Staff (EMGFA) in partnership with the Centre for Security Policy of the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) of the Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC) and the Institute of International and European Law (IIEL) of the Reykjavík University (RU), and financed by the Fund for Bilateral Relations under the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (EEA Grants).
01/10/2023-31/10/2026 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Research Task Group (RTG) on Technology Enablers and Force Multipliers for CogWar: From Monitoring and Assessment to AI-based Assistance and Automation systems (Ref. HFM-373-RTG), appointed by Italy on 5/7/2023.
01/10/2023-31/10/2024 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Exploratory Team (ET) on Methods and Weapons of Adversary Cognitive Warfare (Ref. HFM-ET-216), appointed by Italy on 12/7/2023.
01/10/2023-31/10/2024 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Exploratory Team (ET) on The Ethical and Legal Challenges of Cognitive Warfare (Ref. HFM-ET-215), appointed by Italy on 12/7/2023.
01/10/2023-31/10/2024 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Exploratory Team (ET) on Cognitive Security: building and maintaining resistance to offensive cognitive strategies (Ref. HFM-ET-214), appointed by Italy on 12/7/2023.
01/10/2023-31/10/2026 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Research Task Group (RTG) on COGARMY: COGnitive training and teamwork assessment of ARMY personnel (Ref. HFM-374-RTG), appointed by Italy on 12/7/2023.
12/06/2023-01/06/2026 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO)Research Task Group (RTG) on Indicators and Warnings for Cognitive Warfare in Cyberspace (Ref. SAS-185), appointed by Italy on 12/6/2023.
09/05/2023-25/04/2024 – Member of the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Exploratory Team (ET) on Exploring Countermeasures against Misinformation of a Nation’s Population (Ref. IST-ET-123), appointed by Italy on 9/5/2023.
28/02/2023-01/10/2025 – Member of the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Task Group (TG) on Defending Democracy in the Information Environment – Foundations and Roles for Defence (Ref. SAS-177), appointed by Italy on 28/2/2023.
28/02/2023-01/11/2023 – Member of theNATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Exploratory Team (ET) on Early Warning System for Cognitive Warfare in Cyberspace (Ref. SAS-HFM-ET-FE), appointed by Italy on 28/2/2023.