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Matteo Colombo

ISPI Associate Research Fellow and ECFR Pan-European Junior Fellow Middle East and North Africa

Matteo Colombo

Matteo Colombo is an ISPI Associate Research Fellow in the MENA Centre and ECFR Pan-European Junior Fellow. He obtained a PhD in Political Studies at the University of Milan (NASP Consortium), with a thesis on the Twitter discourse about IS in Arabic. He holds a bachelor degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University of Milan, a Master in International Relations from Oxford Brookes and a Master in Middle East Politics from SOAS, University of London. He also holds a Master Degree in journalism at IULM University in Milan.

He is a researcher, professional journalist and infographic designer. His articles have appeared in Corriere della Sera, Panorama.it and Rivista Studio. Before joining ISPI he worked as correspondent from Cairo for TgCom24 during the post-revolutionary transition in Egypt. During this period, he studied modern standard Arabic.

His main interests are in social dynamics, social media, jihadism, Arab politics, Sectarianism and the Italian Foreign Policy.

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LANGUAGES

Italian

English

Arabic

Turkish (basic)

EXPERTISE

Jihadism

Political Islam

Social Media analysis

Sectarianism

Discourse analysis

Data analysis

Machine learning

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Europe and Global Governance, Middle East and North Africa
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Navigating the Pandemic: The challenge of stability and prosperity in the Mediterranean
06 December 2020
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