Dr. Roberta Monni She holds a degree in Law from Sapienza University of Rome. In the early years of her career, she worked as a Lawyer at the international law firm Chiomenti e Associati. Later, after passing a public competition, she began her career as Deputy Prefect, a senior official at the Italian Ministry of the Interior. Initially, she worked in various local Prefectures (Government territorial offices) before moving to the Ministry's central offices, where she managed areas related to safety and security policy, foreign affairs, and international relations. Driven by personal interest, she pursued further education, earning second-level master's degrees in Public Management and Public Utility Communication from LUMSA University of Rome, as well as in Geopolitics and Global Security from Sapienza University of Rome. Additionally, on her own initiative, she qualified as a European Planner by completing an EU-funded master's program. She is an expert in emergency and crisis management. Nationally, she has developed emergency plans, coordinated working groups of scientific and institutional experts, and managed provincial-level emergencies and major events, overseeing population relief efforts and the protection of critical infrastructure and essential public services. As a crisis manager, she has participated in international working groups, contributing both to the design of exercise scenarios and as an active player in large-scale international crisis exercises. As part of the Atlantic Alliance's Resilience Committee, she contributed to the development of Resilience policies in the broadest sense (whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches). Her work covered topics such as critical infrastructure security, the use of disruptive technologies, strategic communication, risks related to disinformation, and emerging issues in the space and cyber domains. She has also focused on the security (both safety and security) of the Enlarged Mediterranean area, paying particular attention to critical infrastructure and Italy's role in the international geopolitical context. Her work in this area includes fostering scientific and business collaborations in Africa, as well as addressing migration-related challenges. Domestically, she has designed and implemented projects aimed at integrating citizens from non-European and non-Western countries into Italian society, coordinating multidisciplinary teams for their execution. She has also promoted interreligious and intercultural dialogue, facilitating engagement through different communities. In her personal capacity, she has collaborated with the General Innovation Office of the Italian Ministry of Defense, participating in working group focused on competition in the cognitive dimension. She contributed to the drafting of the document Cognitive Warfare: Competition in the Cognitive Dimension, Edition 2023, published on the Ministry of Defense’s website. With a long-standing interest in scientific advancements and a passion for pursuing policies that enhance human life, social welfare, and democratic development—while respecting nature and diverse cultures—she has often led or contributed to teams composed of people from different educational and cultural backgrounds. Her overarching goal is to ensure that scientific discoveries, analyses, and proposed solutions from experts and scientists are considered by policymakers to avoid risks or mitigate their negative effects, while upholding human dignity and fundamental democratic values.