Francesca Lionetti

Designed and taught workshops and lessons for the Italian and British nationality bachelor program in Computational Social Sciences. Supported the planning and implementation of student group projects with external professional partners and managed teaching assistants’ working hours.

Conducted qualitative and quantitative research for the Conflict Research Unit, drafting weekly newsletters and creating data-driven content. Produced reports, policy briefs, and presentations while supporting research administration, events, and stakeholder coordination.

Conducted research and wrote and edited articles while managing collaborative newsroom projects. Performed data wrangling, cleaning, analysis, and visualization using tools such as R, Python, Excel, and Datawrapper, and pitched and developed story ideas.

Worked in the Communication team of the Italian Liaison Office, supporting media relations and responding to inquiries. Drafted press materials, coordinated event-related communication, managed social media accounts, and assisted with quantitative computational research.

Conducted qualitative and quantitative research on political movements and conflict studies, supporting EU Parliament and Council analysis. Collected data and contributed to writing research reports and articles.

Activities and societies: Worked with OSINT activities (e.g., on social media and QGIS) and produced publications and investigations using qualitative and data-driven approaches.

International Summer Academy focused on peacebuilding in post-conflict regions, including OSINT research and the creation of data-driven narratives.

Activities and societies: Thesis: local peacebuilding approaches to counter electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire; conducted literature reviews, developed surveys, and carried out content analysis.

MSc in Political Science (track: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Development) at Leiden University, focusing on topics such as migration, security, governance, and political philosophy.

Activities and societies: Performed quantitative analyses in R and Python, including advanced statistical analysis and network analysis; developed survey design and worked with data ethics, media relations, and press materials.

Research Master (MRES) in Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam, with a thesis on the influence of media coverage on protest mobilization on U.S. campuses.

Grade: Cum laude

Activities and societies: Studied political movements and conflict; completed additional learning through an honours programme in digital communication.

BSc in International Relations at Leiden University, including a thesis on the role of reparative justice in fostering reconciliation in South Africa.

Bachelor degree in Computational Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam.

Activities and societies: Developed communication strategies and campaigns and engaged with stakeholders as part of the summer school program.

International Summer School at Fudan University, with coursework on Chinese media and politics and youth engagement strategy development.

Activities and societies: Completed 30 extra ECTS on Digital Communication.

Honours Programme completed alongside the bachelor, with additional coursework in digital communication.