Elena Bascone
Elena Bascone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995 (age 29–30) Venice, Italy |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Padova Hertie School |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | International sanctions, European technological competitiveness |
| Institutions | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies CEPS |
| Awards | Charlemagne Prize Fellow (2023–2024) |
Elena Bascone (born 1995) is an Italian political economist specializing in international sanctions and European technological competitiveness. She is Charlemagne Prize Fellow (2023–2024) conducting research on the development of European industry consortiums in emerging sectors such as the metaverse, space, and aviation.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Bascone is originally from Venice and pursued bachelor’s degree focusing in international relations and human rights from the University of Padova.[2] In 2025, Bascone participated in the centenary celebrations of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Padova alongside notable Italian political and academic figures including Lorenzo Fontana, Renato Brunetta and Daniele Franco.[3]
She later completed a Master of International Affairs at the Hertie School in Berlin, during the presidency of Henrik Enderlein. Bascone graduated remotely in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, returning to Northern Italy on repatriation flights organized by then Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.[4]
Career and research
[edit]Her master’s thesis, developed a model on the effectiveness of international sanctions with a case study on Russia’s re-entry into the Council of Europe. She has also been involved with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, which hosts the Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN).[5]
Bascone was awarded the Charlemagne Prize Fellowship for 2023–2024, where she is mentored by Wolfgang Ischinger who followed her at the Hertie School. The title of her project is “How can we make the global race to the metaverse European-like? Developing a business and policy model to build European industry consortiums”[6] and she has been a Visiting Fellow at CEPS during her research year.
Bascone is also passionate[according to whom?] about math, statistics[7] and programming and has created two blogs.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet Elena Bascone, MIA alumna 2020". Hertie School. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "ELENA BASCONE: CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE FELLOW 2023/2024". Graduate Institute. 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Fontana a Padova, Finocchiaro e Quagliariello per la sicurezza". The Watcher Post (in Italian). 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Meet Elena Bascone, MIA alumna 2020". Hertie School. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "ELENA BASCONE: CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE FELLOW 2023/2024". Graduate Institute. 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Our Fellows of the Charlemagne Prize Academy". www.charlemagneprizeacademy.com. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Elena Bascone". Hertie School. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Our Fellows of the Charlemagne Prize Academy". www.charlemagneprizeacademy.com. Retrieved 2025-07-03.