Tommaso De Zan is a former EU-CIVCAP Staff Member. This profile represents his biography at the time he worked for the project.
Tommaso is a Researcher with the Security and Defence Programme at IAI. His main research interests lie at the intersection between technology, national security and public policy.
He is a member of Cyber Affairs’s editiorial board and IAI’s point of contact for the National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics (CINI). In his career at IAI, Tommaso has been involved in projects funded by the European Commission, European Defence Agency, Microsoft, Vitrociset and Leonardo. He has testified before the Defense Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and was invited as a guest lecturer at the Summer School “Introduction to Cyber Security” organized by the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. He has a Master’s degree in International Relations with a major in International Politics and Security. During his academic career, he was an exchange student at the Université catholique de Louvain and at the University of Denver. Prior to joining IAI, he interned at the Geneva International Peace Research Institute.
Deliverables
DL 1.2
EU-CIVCAP Policy Recommendations: Executive Summary of the Final Report including Guidance for Policymakers
Lead Author: Juncos, A.E.
Lead Institution: University of Bristol
Contributing Authors: G. Algar-Faria, C. Barbieri, T. De Zan, H. Dijkstra, N. Habbida, N. Pirozzi, M.E. Smith, B. Venturi, T. Vogel and P.H. Zartsdahl
Published: 30 September 2018
[PDF, ~14.1MB; click to access]
DL 2.1: Procedures, Personnel and Technologies for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: An Assessment of EU Member States’ Capabilities
Authors: De Zan, T., P. Tessari and B. Venturi
Institution: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Published: 30 November 2016
[PDF, ~2.1MB; click to access]
DL 7.2
EU-CIVCAP Brochure: Best Practices in EU Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Lead Author: Smith, M.E.
Lead Institution: University of Aberdeen
Contributing Authors: K. Abdi, C. Barbieri, E. Gillette, T. De Zan, H. Dijkstra, A.E. Juncos, N. Habbida, N. Pirozzi, S. Simons, B. Venturi, P.H. Zartsdahl
Published: 12 October 2018
[PDF, ~1.2MB; click to access]
Work Packages
WP2: PREPARE
Capabilities in conflict prevention and peace-building: technology, personnel and procedures
WP4: REACT
European and international responses to conflict early response
WP7: LEARN
Lessons identified, lessons learned, and best practices
WP8: SHARE
Dissemination and communication
Institutional Affiliation
Istituto Affari Internazionali
IAI has a long-standing tradition in the study of European integration, institutions, political economy and foreign policy. The research team at IAI have participated in numerous EU-funded research projects (CORE, MERCURY, MICROCON) and European and transatlantic networks.
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