Benedetta is a PhD candidate at the European Institute, LSE.

She is interested in the external action of the European Union. Specifically, her research focuses on how CFSP/CSDP is made and implemented on the international stage, even in situations of internal disagreement. To do so, she builds on the concept of ‘multiplicity’ in the EU’s system of foreign policy, mainly through a pragmatist perspective.  

Before joining the European Institute, Benedetta graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s from Sciences Po Paris and with Distinction in the MPhil in Politics in International Studies from the University of Cambridge, where she was supervised by Prof. Christopher Hill. She also holds an MA in EU International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Europe. There, her studies were funded by the EU-ENP scholarship and received the prize of the Italian Dipartimento per gli Affari Europei della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri for her performance in the programme. She was recently designated as the most promising (jury’s choice) Italian student in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences by the Nova 111 Students List. In addition, she worked as a consultant at the OECD, where she took part in the works of the 2021 G20.  

At LSE, Benedetta teaches seminars for the course GV251: Government, Politics, and Public Policy in the European Union at the Department of Government.  

Benedetta’s research is funded by an ERSC scholarship.