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Lorenzo Santini

Lorenzo Santini is a PhD Candidate in Politics at Luiss Guido Carli. His research interests lie in feminist institutional analysis applied to the EU, parliaments, and diplomacy.

He is conducting research on how discourses on gender intersect with race and LGBTI+ identities to shape the parliamentary diplomacy of the European Parliament from a feminist institutionalist perspective. The provisional title of his thesis is “Gendering European Parliament’s Diplomacy: Rules, Discourses and Practices in Global Context”.

E-mail: lsantini@luiss.it

CV:

2024 – ongoing. Teaching Assistant in Sociology and Methods of Social Research, Luiss University.
2023 – ongoing. Course instructor for Orientation Programs on International Relations, Diversity and Human Rights, Luiss University.
2022 – ongoing. PhD Candidate in Politics, Luiss University.
2023 – 2024. Teaching Assistant in Sociology and Political Sociology, Luiss University.
2021 – 2022. Expert and Teaching Assistant in Europe in World Politics, University of Bologna.
2020 – 2023. Research Assistant, University of Bologna.
2020. MA in International Affairs, University of Bologna (cum laude).
2017. BA in Political Sciences and International Relations, La Sapienza University of Rome (cum laude).
Served as consultant, tutor, and program manager in the field of higher education and training programs for soft skill development.

Research Interests:

Gender, Intersectionality, Feminist Research and Methodologies, European Parliament, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Ethnography.

Publications:

Miller, C., & Santini, L. (2024). Women’s Leadership in the European Parliament’s External Delegation. ECPR The Loop, November 4. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/womens-leadership-in-the-european-parliaments-external-delegations/

Baracani, E., & Santini, L. (2023). The European Parliament’s Political Leadership: The Case Study of EU Foreign Policy towards Turkey. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(5), 1377-1393. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13469