Lorenzo Santini is a PhD Candidate in Politics at Luiss Guido Carli. His research interests lie in intersectional feminist research on the EU, parliaments and foreign policy.

He is conducting a research on the gendered discourses shaping the parliamentary diplomacy of the European Parliament from a feminist institutionalist perspective. The provisional title of his thesis is “Gendering the Parliamentary Diplomacy of the European Parliament: A Feminist Discursive Approach”.

E-mail: lsantini@luiss.it

CV:

  • Teaching Assistant in Sociology and Political Sociology, Luiss Guido Carli (2023).
  • PhD Candidate, Luiss Guido Carli (2022-2026).
  • Expert and Teaching Assistant in Europe in World Politics, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum (2021-2022).
  • Research Assistant, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum (2020-2022).
  • MA in International Affairs, University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum (cum laude, 2020).
  • BA in Political Sciences and International Relations, La Sapienza University of Rome (cum laude, 2017).
  • Served as consultant, tutor and program manager in the field of higher education and training programs.

Research Interests:

Feminist research and methodologies, Gender and Intersectionality, European Parliament, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy.

Publications:

Baracani, E., and 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: 1377–1393. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13469.