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EULab

The Hub’s core research agenda will focus on the European Union’s foreign policy challenges in an increasingly competitive global environment. Key research areas include: EU Institutions and Foreign Policy; EU Enlargement Policy; EU Neighbourhood Policy; EU Economic Policy; EU Migration and Asylum Policy; EU International Relations; and the EU and Global Governance.

Within these thematic areas, the Hub aims to conduct policy analysis, academic research, training activities, and the organization of events and conferences. These objectives will be pursued through participation in Italian and European funding programmes, as well as by establishing partnerships with Italian and international stakeholders and public institutions.

Head of Unit

  • Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré

    Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré

    Maria Giulia Amadio Vicerè is Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science at the Department of Political Science of Luiss University and a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (EUI). Before that, she has been a Marie Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (EUI), an Adjunct Professor and post-doctoral fellow at Luiss University, and an Assistant Professor at Leiden University. She held various visiting positions in international renowned institutions, among which the German Institute for International Affairs, the Centre for European Studies at Harvard University, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and the Policy Institute at King’s College. Over time, she has also been the recipient of merit-based scholarships and grants from the European Commission; the Zegna Group; the Lazio Region; and the The Australian Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethic. Beyond academia, she has been a Research Associate at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a Research Fellow at the Policy Planning Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, a Blue Book Trainee at the Service for Foreign Policy Instrument of the European Commission and a research intern at the European Policy Centre. Moreover, she has briefed and provided training to public and private institutions, among which the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Italian Ministry of Defence, Oxford Analytica, the European Institute for the Mediterranean, the Swedish Institute for European Studies, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Villa Vigoni, and il Sole 24 Ore Business School.

Researcher

  • Andrea Capati

    Andrea Capati

    Andrea Capati is a post-doctoral researcher and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli University, and a visiting researcher at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. His research examines the institutions and policies of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a particular focus on the integration of EU financial assistance. His work has appeared in Journal of European Integration, Comparative European Politics, European Political Science, Politics and Governance, Italian Political Science Review, and Contemporary Italian Politics, among others. His forthcoming monograph, All for One? The Politics of Financial Rescue in the European Union, is under contract with Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Flavia Lucenti

    Flavia Lucenti

    Flavia Lucenti is a postdoctoral researcher at LUISS University, Department of Political Science, for the EU Horizon Project REMIT.

    Her research interests include IR theory, China, Russia, technology and norms. At LUISS University, Flavia is also PhD tutor and teaching assistant while she is an adjunct professor at the American University of Rome. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Oxford for the EU Horizon Project EU3D and as a postdoctoral research fellow and adjunct professor at the University of Bologna. Flavia was also an adjunct professor at the University of Roma Tre and a senior teaching assistant in International Relations at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

    She holds a PhD in Political Studies and International Relations from the University of Roma Tre. During her doctoral studies she was a visiting PhD student at the University of Hong Kong, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the European University Institute. From 2020 to 2023 she was a member of the Early Career Development Group of the European International Studies Association and in 2022 she was part of the annual cohort of the Next Generation Policy Expert Network, a program launched by Chatham House and the Korea Foundation. Currently, Flavia is a deputy editor for the annual Global Policy: Next Generation issue of the journal Global Policy from Durham University. She holds an MA (Summa cum Laude) in Diplomatic and International Affairs from the University of Bologna – Forlì Campus.

  • Giulia Ongari

    Giulia Ongari is a PhD candidate in Politics at Luiss Guido Carli. Her research focuses on the EU’s external action, particularly in defence and security cooperation with third countries. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations with a specialisation in Diplomacy from Luiss, a Master’s in Global Ethics and Human Values from King’s College London, and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations, Journalism and Advertising from Bond University in Australia.

    Currently, she also serves as a research assistant at Luiss for the Horizon Europe projects REMIT, and as a teaching assistant for the course on the Integration of Europe.

    She previously served as a research assistant at Luiss for the Horizon Project RED-SPINEL and the Journal of European Integration, and as teaching assistant for the course in Asian Culture and Politics.

  • Ilaria Lorusso

    Ilaria Lorusso

    Ilaria Lorusso is a PhD candidate in Politics at LUISS Guido Carli. Her research focuses on EU external action, particularly in migration policy, and on the role of gender in EU foreign policy. She holds a Research Master in European Studies from Maastricht University, where she also held the role of research assistant within the EU-funded PhD program “LIMES – The Hardening and Softening of Borders: Europe in a Globalizing World” and later of teaching fellow for the European Studies and Global Studies programs. She is currently a teaching assistant at LUISS.