Jacopo Resti is a researcher and development practitioner working in the areas of governance, development cooperation, and migration, with special regard to the African region. He has recently researched on AU-EU cooperation at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and previously carried out fieldwork in Sudan as a United Nations Fellow and researcher at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). He holds a double master’s degree in International Relations from LUISS Guido Carli and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and he is currently a PhD student in Political Science–Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU).