Antonio Villafranca is the ISPI Director of Studies and Co-Head of Europe and Global Governance Centre.He is a lecturer of International Relations at the Bocconi University (Milan), where he was also a lecturer of European Economic Policies and at the IULM University. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Chongyang Institute of the Renmin University. At ISPI, he has coordinated several research projects funded by Italian Institutions and the EU Commission and Parliament. He also serves as the Coordinator of the Think20 (T20) Italy during the G20 Italian Presidency.
He has extensively published on global and European governance and EU policies. Selected publications include Europe in Identity Crisis: The Future of the EU in the Age of Nationalism and The Quest for Global Monetary Policy Coordination.