Angela Liberatore • European University Institute

Biography

Angela Liberatore is Science Diplomacy fellow at the European University Institute.

She previously served as Head of the Scientific Department at the European Research Council, the EU reference programme for frontier research in all fields of knowledge. Before that Angela worked in the EU research programmes on environment and climate, social sciences and humanities and then international cooperation in the European Commission.

Among her ‘highlights’, she co-chaired the Social Protection group for the UN Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery, contributed to the EC White Paper on European Governance and the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, and -more recently- was part of the drafting team of the European Approach to Science Diplomacy (published in February 2025).

Angela holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences (European University Institute) and a degree in Philosophy (University of Bologna) and was Fullbright Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

Fields of expertise

Protection of fundamental rights in Europe Media pluralism and press freedom Information and disinformation International organisations History of science International security Global and international trade EU external relations Diplomatic History Evidence-based policy Peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacemaking History of knowledge Artificial intelligence and the law Science and technology policy Risk management Science and society Science communication Crisis of expertise Climate change adaptation Transdisciplinary approaches Privacy and surveillance Philosophy of science Political philosophy Knowledge transfer Complexity science Social Innovation Disaster Risk Management Climate change politics Artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics

Recent research output

KANTNER, Cathleen; LIBERATORE, Angela; DEL SARTO, Raffaella A. (2006), Security and Democracy in the European Union, Book
KANTNER, Cathleen; LIBERATORE, Angela (2006), Security and Democracy in the European Union. An Introductory Framework, Article
LIBERATORE, Angela (2005), Balancing Security and Democracy: The Politics of Biometric Identification in the European Union, Working Paper
LIBERATORE, Angela (1999), The management of uncertainty : learning from Chernobyl, Book
LIBERATORE, Angela (1993), Beyond the Earth Summit : the European Community towards sustainability?, Working Paper
LIBERATORE, Angela (1992), The management of uncertainty : response and learning processes following Chernobyl, Thesis