Michele is a PhD Candidate in Politics at Luiss Guido Carli. He has previous work experience in the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and in the European Commission Joint Research Centre where he focused on technology, security and defence policies in the context of European Strategic Autonomy. He was also a former public sector analyst at Deloitte Consulting where he assisted Italian regional authorities in the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds. Moreover, he holds a Second level Master in Diplomatic Studies at SIOI and graduated magna cum laude in a Double Master’s degree programme with Luiss in International Relations and Salzburg University in European Studies.

Email: mpertosa@luiss.it

CV:

10/2024 – ongoing. Rome, Italy. PH.D CANDIDATE IN POLITICS. LUISS GUIDO CARLI.

04/2024 – 09/2024. Brussels, Belgium. EUROPEAN VIEW RESEARCH AND EDITOR TRAINEE. WILFRIED MARTENS CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES.

09/2023 – 03/2024 Rome, Italy. SCOUTING EDITOR. L’ERMA DI BRETSCHNEIDER.

03/2023 – 08/2023 Ispra, Italy. SCIENTIFIC TRAINEE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTER. Directorate E “Space, Security and Migration”, Unit E6 “Strategic Autonomy for Space and Security”. Observatory on Critical Technologies.

04/07/2022 – 03/2023 Rome, Italy. ANALYST – OPERATIONS TRANSFORMATION, OPERATING EXCELLENCE PUBLIC DELOITTE CONSULTING S.R.L. Clients: Region Campania and Region Friuli – Venezia Giulia.

13/09/2021 – 06/2022 Rome, Italy. SECOND LEVEL MASTER COURSE IN DIPLOMATIC STUDIES. SIOI (Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale).

08/2019 – 10/2021 Rome, Italy. MASTER’S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Luiss Guido Carli. Thesis: Libya: The Pursuit of National Interest through the Cases of Italy, United Kingdom and France. Supervisors: Prof. Rosario Forlenza and Prof. Doris Wydra.

08/2020 – 10/2021 Salzburg, Austria. MASTER’S DEGREE IN EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES Salzburg University. Double Degree Programme with Luiss Guido Carli University. Final grade: Unique finale grade for both Double Degree Master’s: 110/110 cum laude.

08/2016 – 10/2019 Rome, Italy. BACHELOR DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Luiss Guido Carli. Thesis Empirical Dissertation in Political Philosophy. Supervisor: Prof. Sebastiano Maffettone. Title: Globalization and democracy according to J. Habermas: the model Europe.

Research interests:

International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Transatlantic Relations, Defense Policy, Diplomatic History.