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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

What Role for Italy’s Infrastructure Diplomacy? Lessons from the Lobito Corridor

What Role for Italy’s Infrastructure Diplomacy? Lessons from the Lobito Corridor
Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Filippo Simonelli
Details
Rome, IAI, February 2026, 7 p.
In: IAI Briefs 26|05
Data pubblicazione

EU-Africa Digital Partnership

EU-Africa Digital Partnership: Strategic Pathways through the Mattei Plan and Global Gateway
Edited by
Darlington Tshuma
Marianna Lunardini
Details
Rome, Nuova Cultura, January 2026, 121 p.
In: IAI Research Studies 14
Data pubblicazione

Development Matters. A new Italian development cooperation policy

Development Matters. A new Italian development cooperation policy to manage polycrises
Autori
Marianna Lunardini
Daniele Fattibene
Matteo Bursi
Details
Rome, IAI, January 2026, 24 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 is organized into three interdependent pillars. The first pillar, the Private Sector Lab, aims to build a dialogue with Italian companies by fostering partnerships with the Global Fund…
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…