Luca Franza
Position: Associate Fellow
E-mail: luca.franza@clingendaelenergy.com
Luca Franza joined CIEP in 2012.
Work experience:
2011: Visiting Researcher at Transparency International Azerbaijan, Baku
2012-2020: Researcher at CIEP, The Hague.
2015-present: Lecturer at SciencesPo, Paris (International and European Gas Markets)
2020-2021: Head Energy, Climate and Resources at Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome, Italy
2020-present: Associate Fellow CIEP
2021-: Scientific Advisor to the Energy, Climate and Resources Programme at Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
2021: Co-chair of the T20 task force on sustainable energy and climate
2021-present: Head of EU Institutional Affairs at Italian electricity and gas utility Edison SpA.
Education
Doctorate Groningen University, 8 October 2020, title PHD: The Political-Economic Dimension of Transformations in EU-Russia Gas Trade
Master in International Security with specializations in Energy and Russia/FSU, Summa Cum Laude (SciencesPo, Paris, 2012)
Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations, Cum Laude (LUISS University, Rome, 2010)
Victoria University of Wellington (2009)
Languages
English (Fluent), French (fluent), Italian (native), Russian (working proficiency)