Antonio Villafranca is Vice President for Research at ISPI. He is in charge of ISPI’s research activities and Co-Head of the Europe and Global Governance Centre. He has coordinated several research projects funded by Italian Institutions (such as the “Osservatorio di Politica Internazionale” of the Italian Parliament) and by the EU Commission and Parliament (including Gr:een, Rastanews, Trade and Economic Relations with Asia, and Parlatrade). Since 2001, he has been teaching International Relations at the Bocconi University (Milan), where he was lecturer of European Economic Policy (2015-2018). He was also lecturer of ‘Structure of International Society’ at the IULM University. He has extensively published on global and European governance and on EU policies. Selected publications include: EU Economy: Fit for the Future? (with C. Altomonte), ISPI, 2023; New Fiscal Rules: The EU after Covid and the War (with F. Bruni and D. Tentori), ISPI, 2022; Europe in Identity Crisis. The Future of the EU in the Age of Nationalism (edited with C. Altomonte), ISPI, 2020; The Quest for Global Monetary Policy Coordination (with F. Bruni and J. Siaba Serrate), Economics E-Journal, Kiel Institute, 2019; Global Governance and the Role of the EU. Assessing the Future Balance of Power (edited with C. Secchi), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011.He is an economist by training and received his MA from the Catholic University of Milan, where he also specialised in Economics and International Relations and was awarded the ‘Agostino Gemelli Prize. He is in charge of “NEXT-Empowering Future Leaders” and served as ISPI Coordinator of Think7 Italy (T7) in 2024 and of Think20 (T20) Italy in 2021.