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Marianna Lunardini

Position
Researcher
Biography

Marianna Lunardini is a researcher in the IAI "Multilateralism and global governance" programme, where her activities are focused on development cooperation and international relations. She is also a researcher at the University of Siena, working on the project “Going global: An international history of Italy (1979-1996)”. With a master’s degree in Law, she is a qualified lawyer and holds a PhD in Political Studies from Sapienza University and two post master’s degree from SIOI. Her doctoral thesis centered on Italian foreign politics and development cooperation. In 2022, she has been a visiting PhD student at Fordham University (NYC). She has also been a research fellow at CeSPI ETS and is currently a member of the 3iM coordination group.

Her publications include:
- (with M. Nicoletti), M. Lunardini (eds), Politica estera e diritti umani, Donzelli, 2024
- (with C. Nelu, B. Pescetto) M. Lunardini, AI and other Technologies for a Sustainable Development, CeSPI, 2024
- M. Lunardini, "Un'inedita pagina di neoatlantismo: la cooperazione italiana e il salvataggio dei Templi di Abu Simbel (1959-1963)", in Rivista italiana di storia internazionale, n. /2023, p. 333-360

Publications

Data pubblicazione

Dalla cooperazione tradizionale alle partnership strategiche. Il caso italiano

leSfide 17
Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Details
in le Sfide, n. 17 (dicembre 2025), p. 96-102
In: Altri paper e articoli
Data pubblicazione

Global Gateway and the Mattei Plan: advancing EU-Africa digital cooperation for inclusive growth

Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Darlington Tshuma
Details
in ETTG Policy Briefs, No. 8/2025 (October 2025), 15 p.
In: Altri paper e articoli

In the media

International Studies: Italy-Africa Digital Partnership under the Mattei Plan

Radio General San Martín: puntata del 30 aprile

Research

The project (September 2025-June 2026) aims to analyse Italy’s role in the Lobito Corridor. The research will provide the opportunity to focus on several key topics: critical raw materials and…
This project aims at studying the Italian development cooperation agenda within the current international context, with particular attention posed on the effects of the multiple crises and those…
This project aims to assess and strengthen cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of digital governance, within a global context marked by multiple crises that have exposed the fragility…