Head of the Center
Luigi Martino
Coordinator
Luigi Martino (PhD) is a professor at the University of Florence where he teaches ICT Policies and Cyber Security and coordinates the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies observatory of CSSII. He obtained his PhD (PhD) from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa with a research project on "Improving Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure in Italy: The Public-Private Partnership Model Against Cyber Attacks". His research interests include cyber security, security studies, international relations theories, and the dynamics of cyberspace in the international system. He has participated in numerous national and international research programs including: OSCE-funded Research Project on the implementation of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in cyberspace (OSCE 2018) as Project Manager, SPARTA EU Cyber Competence Center (Horizon 2020) research project as cyber policy research coordinator. Visiting Researcher at the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP). Referee of international and Italian journals in the field of Political Science and International Relations. In 2019 he was selected by the US Department of State for the International Visiting Leadership Program (IVLP) on a program dedicated to Cyber Security Multi-Regional Cooperation. He is a member of the Research Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and of the ENISA expert group for the implementation of the European NIS Directive. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Ise-Shima G7 Cyber Group working group and the Forum for Cyber Expertise, where he represents the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies. Author of numerous publications in Italian, English and Spanish on issues related to cyber security, cyber warfare, cyber intelligence and cyber diplomacy, he edited, with Umberto Gori, the book Intelligence and National Interest, Aracne Editrice 2015.
Contact: luigi.martino@unifi.it
last update: 03-Sep-2023