Francesca Maremonti is Research Fellow for Asia within the “Global Actors” programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). Her research work covers the relations between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China and, more broadly, with the Indo-Pacific region, with a particular focus on the economic security dimension. As a researcher, Francesca previously contributed to the IAI’s “Global Governance and Multilateralism” programme, focusing on digital governance and the G7 agenda.
Prior to joining IAI, she worked as a Research assistant at the Berlin office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). She contributed to the European Security and Defence team and to the China Programme with research on China’s influence strategies, digital governance, and the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean. Previously, she gained experience in editing and advocacy holding positions at NGOs working in the field of international development.
Francesca holds a MSc in International Politics from SOAS University of London and a BA in Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, during which she completed a semester of study at East China Normal University in Shanghai.

Selected publications:
- (with Meia Nouwens, Mariko Togashi, Hannah Brandt), Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Convergence and Divergence in the Digital Order, in IISS Research Papers, December 2023, 65 p.