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Massimiliano Trentin works on the International History of Western Asia and North Africa with a special focus on the interplay between diplomacy, economics and development. His monographs, Engineers of Modern Development: East German Experts in Ba'thist Syria, 1965-1972, La Guerra fredda tedesca in Siria. Diplomazia, politica ed economia, 1963-1970 (Cleup 2010 and 2015) and edited volumes like The Middle East and the Cold War (CSP, 2012), Linee di conflitto. Il mondo arabo in trasformazione (Afriche e Orienti, 2013). He published articles on academic journals (Diplomatic History, Cold War History, Foro Internacional, Phoenix, Afriche e Orienti, Middle Eastern Studies, Contemporary European History) and several volume essays (IB Tauris, Lynne Rienner, Peter Lang, Cahiers Irice, Bruno Mondadori, Marsilio, Franco Angeli, il Mulino). More recently, his research has focused on the international history of the "debt crisis" of the 1980s in the region as Principal Investigator of the state-funded research project "The Making of the Washington Consensus. Negotiating international assets, debts and power (1979-91)" (Prin, 2015).

Beatriz Mesa holds a PHD in political science from the University of Grenoble (France). She is an associate professor at the College of Social Sciences at the International University of Rabat. She is a member of the "Gestion de conflits, dynamiques régionales et sécurité en Afrique :: géopolitique des tensions, polémologie contemporaine et Peacebuilding" (Conflict management, regional dynamics and security in Africa: geopolitics of tensions, contemporary polemology and peacebuilding) axis at the Centre d'études globales (CGS) and a research member of the "Culture, Société et fait religieux" (Culture, Society and Religious Fact) Chair headed by Farid El Asri. She is also a member of the research team at the Laboratoire d'analyse des sociétés et des pouvoirs - Afrique / Diasporas (LASPAD). Her current areas of interest and work focus on security, migration, identities, political Islam, conflicts, armed groups and the criminal economy in the Maghreb and Sahel region. In addition, she has over 13 years' professional experience as an international analyst for the mass media. Mesa is a member of various scientific associations and is the author of several articles, including, but not limited to: La falsa yihad: el negocio del narcotráfico en el Sahel (Dalya, 2013) and Les groupes armés du Sahel. Conflict and the criminal economy in northern Mali (Halfa, 2021).

Giulia Cimini is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna. Her research interests include political parties, security assistance, and environmental governance in the Middle East and North Africa. She authored Political Parties in Post-Uprising Tunisia and Morocco (Routledge 2023) and co-edited Political Islam Inside-Out (Routledge 2022). Among others, she published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Contemporary Politics, and Middle Eastern Studies. Between 2019 and 2023, Giulia was the Principal Investigator of the research project "Security for Whom?" funded by the German Gerda Henkel Foundation. Since 2023, she has been the Scientific Responsible and Coordinator of the inter-departmental project "Go Green: A Trans-Mediterranean Approach to Climate Change" with the International University of Rabat, financed by the University of Bologna. Giulia is Associate Editor of the scientific journal Interdisciplinary Political Studies (IdPS).

Yassine Ben Mokhtar, an emerging scholar in Political Science and International Relations, holds a Bachelor's degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rabat and two Master's degrees - one in Administrative and Judicial Careers from IEP Grenoble, and another in Geostrategy, Defense, and International Security from IEP d'Aix-en-Provence. Currently, Yassine is deepening his academic endeavors through a doctoral program in Political Science at the Centre for Global Studies (CGS) under the mentorship of Professors Mehdi ALIOUA and Yousra ABOURABI. Specifically, Yassine's research examines the role of the African Migration Observatory, a body of the African Union Commission based in Rabat. This research is poised to contribute significantly to the understanding of migration policies and governance on the African continent and their global ramifications.

A graduate of the International University of Rabat (UIR), Moaad El Karchaoui is a doctoral student in Political Science at the Center for Global Studies under the supervision of Prof. Mehdi Alioua and co-supervised by Prof. Zineb Omary. He is mainly interested in public health policies. His thesis focuses on "The appropriation of medical data by users".

Matteo Mannocchi is an analyst and researcher specializing in environmental policies, focusing on energy management and disaster risk reduction. His academic and professional experiences have enabled him to develop significant skills in analyzing policies and governance structures related to natural resource and environmental management. His academic Background : Ph.D. in Future Earth Climate Change and Societal Challenges (2023), University of Bologna, focusing on the mainstreaming process of Nature-Based Solutions for mitigating natural hazards and disaster risks. Master II in Environmental Sustainability of Energy Sources (SAFE) (2018-2019), Rome, encompassing studies on energy markets (gas and electricity) and new developments in renewable energy and circular economy solutions. Master’s degree in International Affairs (2019), University of Bologna. Bachelor's degree in International Relations (2016), University la Sapienza of Roma.

Arrigo Pallotti is a Full Professor of African History and Institutions at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, where he is also the Director of the Second Cycle Degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs. His research interests involve Regional integration in Southern Africa, UE-ACP cooperation, conflict, and democratization in sub-Saharan Africa (with a focus on Tanzania).

Francesca Biancani is Associate Professor at Bologna University since May 2022. She holds a BA in Oriental History from Bologna University, an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London and a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been adjunct professor of History and Institutions of the Modern Middle East, International Relations and Political Development of the Middle East at UNIBO from 2010 to 2018. In 2017-2018 she has been Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the IFAO and CEDEJ, Cairo. From 2018 to 2022 she has been TT Assistant Professor at UNIBO.