Publications

Ivan Cardillo is an Adjunct Professor at China University of Political Science and Law and a Senior Advisor to the ‘Faren’ Think Tank of the Chinese Ministry of Justice. He is also the Director of the Institute of Chinese Law and Chairman of the Italy-China Business Development Forum. Cardillo serves as a scientific expert for the Knowledge Network on China and the EU-China Research and Innovation Dialogue at the European Commission. He has been appointed as an Arbitrator at the Weihai Court of International Arbitration and frequently serves as an expert witness in U.S. judicial cases involving China-related issues. With a background in teaching Chinese law at institutions such as the University of Trento and the University of Eastern Piedmont, Cardillo has published extensively on various aspects of Chinese law. He recently co-edited the book The Chinese Civil Code in the Global Legal Order: Inner and Outer Perspectives (Brill, 2024).

Jean-Pierre Darnis (MA Université Toulouse, Université Paris X; PhD Université Paris X Nanterre) teaches Contemporary History at LUISS.  A full professor at the Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France), he directs the master’s degree program in French-Italian relations. He coordinates the research program “France, Italy and their Mediterraneans” in the CMMC (Centre de la Mediterranee Moderne et Contemporaine) in Nice and is a member of the scientific council of the Courtyard of the Gentiles (Pontifical Council for Culture) in Rome. He is also an associate fellow of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS, Paris). He was previously director of the Security, Defense, Space program at the International Affairs Institute (IAI) in Rome, and there created the Technology and International Relations program. Email : jpdarnis@luiss.it

Professor Jorge E. Viñuales is the Harold Samuel Chair of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge and a Professor of International Law at LUISS. In Cambridge, he founded Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG). He is also a Member of the Institut de Droit International, the Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the UNECE/WHO Protocol on Water and Health, the co-General Editor of the ICSID Reports, the General Editor of the Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of ICSID, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center and other institutions. Jorge has published widely in his specialty areas, including several reference works, such as The International Law of Energy (2022), the ICSID Reports (since 2018), International Environmental Law (2018) and The Foundations of International Investment Law (2014). His research has ranked him in Stanford University’s 2022 World Top 2% scientists list for research quality and impact. Jorge also has a wide portfolio of practice in transactional, pre-litigation and litigation matters, including as arbitrator, expert, counsel, co-counsel and policy advisor. He received his education in France (PhD, Sciences Po, Paris), the United States (LL.M. Harvard), Switzerland (LL.B, Freiburg; B.A., M.A., Geneva; B.A. M.A. IUHEI) and Argentina (LL.B. Unicen). He is a native Spanish speaker and is fluent in English, French and Italian.

Writer, curator, scholar and entrepreneur on culture, and technology. Dr. Mariátegui is the founder of Alta Tecnología Andina – ATA, an organization working at the intersection of art, science, technology and society in Latin America. His multidisciplinary research embraces media archaeology, digitization, archives and the impact of technology in memory institutions. He is a Lecturer at LUISS (Rome) and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE. He is a Board Member of Future Everything (UK) and chairs the Education Committee at the Museo de Arte de Lima – MALI. Has published in journals such as AI & Society, Third Text, The Information Society, Telos and Leonardo and curated art and technology projects internationally for more than two decades.

José Luis-Rhi Sausi, an economist, former Director at Rome based CeSPI (Centre for International Political Studies), is a senior expert at the Italo-Latin American International Organization (IILA), where he focuses on international cooperation and socio-economic issues. He has contributed to numerous studies and initiatives centered on Latin American integration, human rights, and migration policies. He is the author and co-author of academic publications and policy papers, as well as a speaker at international conferences and seminars. He has actively participated in multilateral projects and collaborated with academic institutions, international organizations, and research centers. His work has made a significant contribution to strategic studies and programs aimed at promoting regional Latin American integration, human rights, the governance of international migration, and the strengthening of political, economic, and cultural ties between Europe and Latin America. Thanks to his experience and expertise, he is now regarded as one of the most authoritative and influential voices in the dialogue between the two continents.

Kristina Stoeckl is full professor of sociology at the Department of Political Science at Luiss. She holds degrees from the European University Institute and the Central European University. Her areas of expertise are political sociology, social and political theory, sociology of religion, and the sociology of human rights and social movements. The focus of her research lies on politics and religion, state-religion relations in Russia, Orthodox Christianity, norm- and anti-gender mobilizations and transnational religious actors. Among her recent publications are “The Moralist International. Russia in the Global Culture Wars” (Fordham 2022) (co-authored with Dmitry Uzlaner) and “The Global Fight against LGBTI-Rights” (New York University Press 2024) (co-authored with Phillip Ayoub).

Adjunct Professor of European Union Policies at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, where he has been teaching since 1999, and one of the national coordinators of the ASviS SDG 8 Working Group “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” of Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. Senior Fellow of Luiss School of Government (IT) and Fellow of the Geneva Graduate Institute (IT). Member of several scientific committees in Italy and abroad. Author of over 120 scientific publications and papers on European Union policies focusing mainly on youth policies and cultural heritage development. He is member of the public policies’ youth impact evaluation committee promoted by the Italian Council of  Ministers.