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Governance

President
Piero Fassino

Director
Daniele Frigeri

Scientific Director
Marco Zupi

Tesoriere
Vincenzo Mattina

Consiglio Direttivo
Piero Fassino
Daniele Frigeri
Rosario Alessandrello
Antonio Armellini
Dario Arrigotti
Dario Conato
Silvia Conti
Raffaella Coletti
Giorgio Gomel
Roberto Gualtieri
Guido Lenzi
Pietro Marcenaro
Petra Mezzetti
Ignazio Moncada
Claudia Mularoni
Nicola Pellicani
Enrico Pennarola
Francesco Petrelli
Ugo Poli
Cristiano Radaelli
Gianni Rufini
Piero Scarpellini
Andrea Stocchiero
Franco Venturini
Marco Zupi

Comitato Scientifico 
Luca Bader
Michael Braun
Claudio Cappon
Maurizio Caprara
Gianfranco Cattai
Luigi Dante
Luca De Fraia
Giovanni De Mauro
Silvia Francescon
Elvira Gaeta 
Stefano Gori
Paolo Guerrieri
Alfonso Iozzo
Alessandro Lorenzi
Stefano Lucchini
Monica Maggioni
Stefano Micossi
Laura Mirachian
Roberto Nigido
Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Riccardo Perissich
Josè Luis Rhi-Sausi
Michele Valensise
Vladimiro Zagrebelsky
Rodolfo Zich

Collegio Revisori dei Conti
Massimiliano Massimiliani (Presidente)
Assunta Conte
Mario Montalcini

Organizational structure

Organization and administration
Vittoria Antonelli
Barbara De Benedictis
Lorenza Dellabianca
Emanuela Di Belardino

 

 

Research Associates

  • Daniele Frigeri

    http://www.cespi.it/sites/default/files/editor/cv/cv_ue_frigeri_2018.pdf
    Director

    Since 2014 Director of CeSPI and of the National Observatory on the Financial Inclusion of Migrants, member of the Italian Working Group on Remittances (at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - MAECI). BA (Honours) of Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences (Catholic University of Milan).

  • Marco Zupi

    https://www.cespi.it/sites/default/files/editor/cv/cv_marco_zupi_september_2020_...
    Scientific Director

    Full Professor of International Political Economy and Development Studies (Bac Ha, Hanoi). BA & MA (Honours) in Economics and Political Science (Sapienza, Rome), graduate diploma and master degrees in Applied Econometrics (University of Essex), MPhil courses in International Economics (Tor Vergata, Rome), a PhD in Development Economics (University of Roskilde).

  • Paola Abenante

    https://unimib.academia.edu/PaolaAbenante

    Researcher in gender studies, vulnerability, migrations and Islam. Doctorate in Contemporary Anthropology (Bicocca, University of Milan). Master degree in International Politics and Cooperation (Lateran University, Rome) and Anthropology (EHESS, Paris).

  • Simone Apollo

    https://it.linkedin.com/in/simoneapollo

    Researcher in environment, social inclusion, and migrations for projects in Latin-America and Italy. BA in Sociology and master degree in Cooperation and Development planning (Sapienza, University of Rome). He collaborates with various third sector entities.

  • Marco de Bernardo

    Researcher in environmental sustainability, postcolonial ecocriticism in Africa and Caribbean. BA in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature (Sapienza, University of Rome) and doctorate in English language and Literature (Sapienza, Rome and L'Orientale, Naples).

  • Sebastiano Ceschi

    Senior Researcher in the field of international migrations. For CeSPI, he deals with transnationalism, co-development, migrants integration and reception. He has a doctorate in cultural anthropology (L'Orientale, University of Naples).

  • Dario Conato

    Area Coordinator

    Area Coordinator, he deals with local development, cooperation, migrations, training and evaluation. BA (Honours) of Economy and Statistics (Sapienza, University of Rome). He has coordinated international projects in Latin-America and Middle East.

  • Raffaella Coletti

    http://uniroma.academia.edu/RaffaellaColetti

    Doctor's degree of Economic Geography, temporary research associate for Sapienza, University of Rome. She collaborates with CeSPI on decentralised and territorial cooperation, with particular focus on the Mediterranean Region.

  • Lorenzo Coslovi

    Since 2003, researcher at CeSPI on irregular migrations, asylum, policies for diaspora. BA (Honours) of Modern Languages (University of Bologna), master degree of inter-Mediterranean mediation (Ca' Foscari, University of Venice). He speaks English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

  • Rosangela Cossidente

    https://it.linkedin.com/in/rosangela-cossidente-a3535a33

    She has been collaborating with CeSPI since 2012 carrying out research activities, design and evaluation of international development cooperation projects. Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences at Bologna University.

  • Battistina Cugusi

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/battistinacugusi

    Since 2003, researcher at CeSPI on territorial cooperation, macro-regions, EU foreign policies. First Class Honours in Political Science (LUISS, University of Rome), master degree (College of Europe, Bruges), PhD of Geography and Environment (University of Geneva).

  • Anna Ferro

    Senior researcher at CeSPI since 2006 on financial inclusion, remittances, migrations and development, migrants associations, capacity building, Western Africa, evaluation of migrants' projects, returns. European PhD (Bicocca, University of Milan).

  • Giulio Giangaspero

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattia-giampaolo-41b3b571/

    Since 2007, he collaborates with CeSPI, expert on migrants' financial behaviours and on the interaction among migratory project, integration in the destination country and evolution of financial needs. Doctorate of Development Economics (Sapienza, University of Rome).

  • Sara Hassan

    Since 2008, he collaborates with CeSPI on rural development, family farming and impact evaluation of complex development programmes. BA (Honours) of Development Cooperation and master degree of Project Cycle Management (Sapienza , University of Rome).

  • Aurora Ianni

    Collabora con il CeSPI  sui temi della politiche e delle misure di accoglienza in Italia. Laurea in Lingue e civiltà orientali, curriculum arabo (La Sapienza), Master in tutela internazionale dei diritti umani (Sapienza).

  • Marianna Lunardini

    Laureata in Giurisprudenza presso l'Università La Sapienza, collabora con il CeSPI in tema di diritti umani e sistemi di tutela regionali e nazionali. Supporta l'attività di progettazione del CeSPI in America Latina.

  • Erika Marcheggiani

    Collabora con il CeSPI svolgendo attività di ricerca e analisi geopolitica area MENA e su empowerment femminile. Laurea magistrale in Lingue e Civiltà Orientali, curriculum arabo (La Sapienza), Master in Lingue e Culture Orientali, MiLCO (IULM).

  • Alberto Mazzali

    Since 1998, he collaborates with CeSPI on analysis of cooperation policies and on evaluation methodologies. BA (Honours) of Political Science, with a specialisation in Political Economics, and of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature.

  • Petra Mezzetti

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/petramezzetti/
    Area Coordinator

    Area Coordinator, focal point for the network Wise Cities. Doctorate of Urban European Studies, master degree of Development Economy (IUSS, University of Pavia), B.A. degree with honours (University of Bologna).

  • Silvia Napolitano

    She deals with human development, social protection and international migrations. She takes part in international cooperation projects, mainly in Western Africa. Doctorate of Economy, Environment and Development (Roma Tre University).

  • Michele Nicoletti

    Docente di Filosofia politica all'Università di Trento. I suoi interessi di ricerca si concentrano sull'intreccio tra etica, antropologia e teoria politica. Visiting fellow presso diverse università straniere. Direttore della rivista scientifica Politica e Religione. Annuario di Teologia politica. Da gennaio a giugno 2018 è stato Presidente dell'Assemblea parlamentare del Consiglio d'Europa.

  • Mauro Pace

    Collabora con il CeSPI dal 2018 su temi legati a migrazioni, povertà e sviluppo. Pluridecennale esperienza Onu nel campo della sicurezza alimentare e degli interventi umanitari. Formazione in statistica e management delle organizzazioni no-profit.

  • Veronica Padoan

    Ricercatrice sul mercato del lavoro e sui flussi migratori. Collabora con il CeSPI dal 2016. Laureata in Scienze Politiche (Sapienza, Roma) e ha conseguito un master su Immigrati e Rifugiati (Sapienza, Roma). Collabora con diversi istituti di ricerca ed enti.

  • Rocco Pezzillo

    He collaborates with CeSPI in the field of remittances and financial inclusion, coordinating the data collectors, dealing with the terms and conditions of sending remittances and collecting field data. BA (Honours) of Development Cooperation (Sapienza, University of Rome).

  • Andrea Stocchiero

    Coordinatore di area

    Research Coordinator on Italian end European policies and on migrations, social cohesion and territorial cooperation at the borders between Europe, Mediterranean and the western Balkans. Master Degree's Professor.

  • Nadia Versari

    Researcher on Economic Development. First Class Honours of Economics and Trade (LUISS, University of Rome), First Class B.A. Honours (Sapienza, University of Rome), Master degree in International Trade for Sustainable Development (IFOA, Reggio Emilia).