Serena Giusti

A graduate in Political Science from the Cesare Alfieri University in Florence, she earned a Master's in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Warsaw) and a PhD from the European University Institute in Fiesole. She served as an OSCE election observer and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Westminster in London. She has taught at the Catholic University of Milan, Luiss University in Rome, New York University (Florence), Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, and Novosibirsk State University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Link Campus University in Rome. She is also an Affiliate Researcher at the Scuola Sant'Anna in Pisa and a member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in Human Rights, Global Politics, and Sustainability. She collaborates with the National School of Administration (SNA), where she focuses on strategic foresight . He focuses on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia , their relations with the European Union , and the dynamics of EU foreign and security policy. He has recently worked on issues related to art and politics, with a focus on the protection of cultural heritage during wartime and the role of museums in international politics. He has won three Jean Monnet grants from the European Commission and two other projects from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on cultural diplomacy.

She participates in the OSCE reflection group on European security and is on the advisory board of Women in International Security (WIIS) Italy.