Francesco Marone

Francesco Marone serves as Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Economic and Political Sciences at the University of Valle d'Aosta. He maintains significant international research affiliations as an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) in Milan, Fellow at George Washington University, and Associate Fellow at the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in The Hague.

His research centers on critical security studies including international politics, political violence and terrorism, violent extremism frameworks, and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) strategies. This work spans comparative analysis of security policies across Western and Middle Eastern contexts with publications in English, Italian, and Arabic.

Professor Marone contributes to public discourse through prominent media engagements with The Washington Post, Le Figaro, The Guardian, and major European outlets. He previously advised the European Commission as an Expert for the Radicalisation Awareness Network – Policy Support (RAN PS), demonstrating applied policy influence in counter-terrorism initiatives.