Ludovica Castelli is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Leicester within the ERC-funded project ‘The Third Nuclear Age’. Within the project, and under the supervision of Prof. Andrew J. Futter, she focuses on the nuclear history of the Middle East. More specifically, she investigates the impact of Israel’s nuclear programme on the regional proliferation dynamics, and on the regional attitude vis à vis the nonproliferation regime.
Ludovica previously worked as Policy Analyst at Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I.) in Rome and as Research Assistant at the George C. Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Ludovica holds a Master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Trento – MEIS, and has a Bachelor degree in International Economics from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.