Mediterranean Platform

The Mediterranean Platform is a research, dialogue, and educational programme at the School of Government, Luiss Guido Carli. It offers a space for collective reflection on the opportunities and challenges of the Mediterranean region and promotes informed policymaking and advocacy at the national and transnational levels.

The Platform seeks to nurture a deeper understanding of the region by offering insights into the multifaceted transformation of societies and polities and by addressing long-term trends and dynamics. It builds upon innovative, rigorous and policy-relevant field-based research and active collaborations with researchers, practitioners and policymakers from across the region.

Our key areas of interest include political, socio-economic and security transformations in the Mediterranean space; MENA geopolitics, regional security and diplomacy; the region’s political economy and mega-trends, in particular the governance of natural resources, energy transition and climate change. The Platform is also engaged in future studies and scenario-making for the broader Mediterranean.

Master in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security

Applications Open: Academic Year 2025–2026

Apply by February 28, 2025, to receive a 10% Early Bird discount

Our Master’s programme in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security offers unique interdisciplinary and professional education on key trends and dynamics affecting the enlarged Mediterranean region. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the region’s multi-level interdependence and tackles cross-cutting issues such as the political economy, climate change, energy transition, security, migration, and cultural relations. The Master’s programme aims at preparing future professionals with a unique set of knowledge and skills to contribute to enhancing political, economic, and cultural cooperation across the Mediterranean.

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In Focus

L’Africa Che Fa Da Sé: Opportunità e Sfide per le…

CEO for Life Clubhouse, 21/03/2025

L’Africa geopolitica e l’Europa matura

Circolo degli Esteri, Roma, 19/02/2025

African Talks: Sénégal: Une exception démocratique au Sahel ?

Online, 12/02/2025

Mediterranean Talks: In Conversation with Catherine Cornet

Luiss University, 10/02/2025

Russia’s Power and Strategies of Influence in the Wider Mediterranean

Luiss University, 07/02/2025

The Two Weeks That Changed Syria’s Future

Luiss Language Café, 13/12/2024

A Sea of Opportunities. The EU, China and the Mediterranean…

NARBONE, Luigi and SKOURI, Abdelkarim

8 December 2024

African Talks: Sahel at a Crossroads, Exploring the Pathways Ahead

Online, 12/12/2024

Mediterranean Talks: In Conversation with Lara Jakes

Luiss University, 18/11/2024

Publications, Collaborators, Public events:

The Mediterranean Platform draws on the work of leading specialists and academic experts to organise public events and provide in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of socio-political, security and economic transformations in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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