Marco Siddi
Leading Researcher- EU-Russia relations
- EU energy policy
- politics of memory and identity in Europe
- European security
- Italy’s role in the European Union
Marco Siddi is Leading Researcher at FIIA, where he is also Principal Investigator of the project Infrastructure/Institutions Match for Resilient & Just Green Electrification (2IMATCH), funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland and led by Professor Pami Aalto. He is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Cagliari, Italy, Adjunct Professor in World Politics at the University of Helsinki and in International Relations at Tampere University. He is also a Board Member of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), a member of the European Leadership Network and of the ECPR Research Network on Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance. He received his PhD at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cologne, in the framework of the Marie Curie Training Network ‘Exact’ concerning the external action of the European Union.
His work focuses primarily on energy politics, the politics of memory and identity, European politics and EU-Russia relations. His latest monographs are European Energy Politics: The Green Transition and EU-Russia Energy Relations (Edward Elgar 2023) and European Identities and Foreign Policy Discourses on Russia: From the Ukraine to the Syrian Crisis (Routledge, 2020). He has also co-edited the volume Historical Memory and Foreign Policy (Palgrave 2022). His research was published in top-ranked international academic journals, including the Journal of European Public Policy, Geopolitics, Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of European Integration, The International Spectator, German Politics, Politics and Governance and International Politics. Beyond FIIA, he has written policy analyses for several European think tanks, as well as for LSE EUROPP, OpenDemocracy and the European Leadership Network.
Degrees
PhD in Politics, Universities of Edinburgh and Cologne, 2014
M.A. in International Studies, University of Vienna and Vienna School of International Studies, 2010
B.A. in History and German, University of Oxford, 2008
Language skills
English, Italian, German, French (working languages), Russian (receptive skills)
Work experience
Convenor and Lecturer, core course ‘International Relations’ (MA in International Relations), University of Cagliari, 2020 – ongoing
Convenor and Lecturer, core course ‘Politics and Policies of the European Union’ (MA in Public Administration), University of Cagliari, 2024 – ongoing
Convenor and Lecturer, optional BA/MA course ‘The politics of memory in Central and Eastern Europe’, University of Helsinki, 2022, 2024
Lecturer, core course ‘Contemporary European Politics and Integration’ (MA in European and Nordic Studies), University of Helsinki, 2019 – 2021
Convenor and Lecturer, optional MA course ‘The Politics of Climate Change’, University of Cagliari, 2021, 2022
Convenor and Lecturer, optional BA/MA course ‘The EU, Russia and the shared neighbourhood’, University of Tampere, 2019, 2021 and 2022
Convenor and Lecturer, course ‘The EU, Russia and the shared neighbourhood: relations after the Ukraine crisis’, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, 2018
Visiting positions
Visiting Researcher at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 2018-19
Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy, 2017 and 2020
Visiting Researcher, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, 2014
Academic awards
Adjunct Professor (Docent) in World Politics, University of Helsinki (since 2021)
Adjunct Professor (Docent) in International Affairs with specialization in European Studies, University of Tampere (since 2021)
Rita Levi Montalcini Fellowship, Italian Ministry of Education (2021-2023)
German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD Fellowship (2013-2014)
Marie Curie Fellowship (2010-2013)