Domenico Valenza is Academic Assistant at the College of Europe (European general studies programme) since August 2016.
He holds a an MA in European Studies from Université Paris 8 Saint Denis and Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and a MSc in “Russia in Global Systems” from King’s College London (KCL).
Prior to joining the College, Domenico worked at No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) as Gender and Human Rights Program Assistant in Brussels and Dakar, Senegal. His previous work experience also includes project management in the youth association Nike, an internship in project design at the Latvia University of Agrticulture as well as a traineeship at the Committee of the Regions (CoR). His mother tongue is Italian, he is fluent in English and French and has an intermediate knowledge of Russian.
His main research interests include EU-Russia relations, NATO-Russia relations, EU enlargement, and European social model.