Lorena Stella Martini is Research Fellow and Coordinator for the MENA area for theSquare Centre, and she has been working for the Rome Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) since October 2020. Since 2016, Lorena has gained professional experience with think tanks and NGOs, besides having worked for a Tunisian governmental organization and served as a Programme Assistant for Erasmus Partner Countries Programme at the University of Turin. She holds a double Master’s degree in Analyse Comparée des Sociétés Méditerranéennes and International Studies from the Université Muhammad VI Polytechnique and the University of Turin, a Specializing Master in Middle Eastern Studies from ASERI (Graduate School of Economics and International Relations) and a BA in Foreign Languages Applied to International Relations from the Catholic University of Milan. Lorena speaks English, French, Arabic and Spanish and has spent several periods in Morocco to improve her language skills. Her research work mainly revolves around MENA geopolitics and socio-political dynamics, with a strong interest in human rights and gender issues, and a geographical focus on North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) and Iraq.
