Role
Head of European and International Affairs, Luigi Sturzo Institute; President of Women In International Security (WIIS) Italy; Head of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network.
Bio
Loredana Teodorescu is an expert in European affairs and international security, with a focus on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, conflict mediation, women's participation and leadership in peace and security processes, and European migration and asylum policies. She is Head of European and International Affairs at the Luigi Sturzo Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs (IAI). She is also President of Women In International Security (WIIS) Italy and leads the Network of Women Mediators in the Mediterranean, an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
She collaborates with national and international institutions, including the European Union, the United Nations, NATO, and the OSCE, and participates in boards, advisory bodies, and expert groups. She is a member of the NATO Civil Society Advisory Panel and the Academic Council of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, sits on the Steering Board of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks, and served on the Gender Equality Advisory Council of the Italian G7 Presidency.
After graduating in International Relations, she earned a PhD in Political Science – European and International Studies, focusing on the internal and external dimensions of EU migration policy . She conducts research, training, and policy advice and coordinates international projects and initiatives for dialogue, mediation, mentoring, and capacity building, including in conflict and crisis contexts such as Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the Mediterranean .