Nathalie Tocci

Political Scientist and Director, Instituto Affari Internazionali
Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, part-time professor at the School of Transnational Governance (European University Institute), Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, and independent non-executive director of the multi-utility company Acea. She has been Special Advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. In that capacity, she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation. She is Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM). She was Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and, prior to joining Acea, she was independent board member first of Edison and then of Eni. She has held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington, the European University Institute, Florence, and has taught at the College of Europe, Bruges.
Her research interests include European integration and European foreign policy, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, transatlantic relations, multilateralism, conflict resolution, energy, climate, and defence.
Her major publications include Framing the EU’s Global Strategy, Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (author); The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution, Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (co-editor); and Turkey and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 (co-author).
Speaker Schedule
Saturday, February 1, 2025
at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)Fortifying Europe's Frontlines: Ukraine and NATO Mateusz Morawiecki | Dafna Rand
Moderated by David M. Herszenhorn
Europe's Role in Middle East Peace Ellie Geranmayeh | Alexandre Stutzmann | Nathalie Tocci Moderated by Ellie Geranmayeh
Migration: Shaping Elections and Societies Ylva Johansson | Ioannis Ktistakis | Estelle Youssouffa
Moderated by Michele Klein
Brain Drain and Emerging Tech Tommaso Calarco | Jean Michel Dalle | Pavlina Yanakieva
Moderated by Leonie Beyrle Barker
Can Europe Lead the Fight for Human Rights in a Changing World? Rémy Bonny | Wojciech Sadurski | Nathalie Tocci
Moderated by Mathias Risse