EU Science Diplomacy in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Jordan, Israel, and Saudi Arabia
暫譯: 歐盟科學外交在中東：約旦、以色列與沙烏地阿拉伯的比較研究

Luca Polizzi is a Associated Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS, focusing on EU science diplomacy. He holds a PhD in international studies and science diplomacy from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), where his research analysed how EU science diplomacy is defined, operationalised, and assessed in the Middle East. Active in science, energy, and climate diplomacy practices, he was Manager for Strategic Planning and Academic Review at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) in Saudi Arabia for over 3 years.
From 2019 to 2021, he served as EU Diplomat and Science Attaché at the EU Delegation in Tel Aviv, leading research and innovation diplomacy with Israel and organising regional dialogues on energy and climate cooperation. At the European Commission's DG Research and Innovation, he was Policy Officer for the MENA region, managing the R&I portfolio for Africa, the Gulf, and the EU Neighbourhood. He later contributed to hydrogen and innovation policy, supporting EU and international energy diplomacy, and earlier held roles on industrial technologies, nanotechnologies, and advanced materials. His career also includes senior posts at the EU Office of Scottish Enterprise and academic roles in EU law and policy.
Luca lectures on EU policies and science diplomacy at institutions including the College of Europe, University of Canterbury, Ben-Gurion University, Università Cattolica of Milan, the University of Glasgow, and the University of St Andrews. His science diplomacy work spans EU framework programmes, PRIMA, SESAME, NDICI, with a focus on MENA and GCC research cooperation instruments, co-funding mechanisms, blended finance, and cross-regional dialogues on energy, climate, and innovation.

盧卡·波利齊（Luca Polizzi）是聯合國大學-危機研究所（UNU-CRIS）的研究助理，專注於歐盟科學外交。他擁有布魯塞爾自由大學（Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB）國際研究及科學外交的博士學位，研究分析了歐盟科學外交在中東的定義、運作及評估。他活躍於科學、能源和氣候外交實踐，曾在沙烏地阿拉伯的國王阿卜杜拉科技大學（KAUST）擔任戰略規劃與學術審查經理超過三年。

從2019年到2021年，他擔任歐盟駐特拉維夫代表團的歐盟外交官及科學專員，負責與以色列的研究與創新外交，並組織有關能源與氣候合作的區域對話。在歐洲委員會的研究與創新總局（DG Research and Innovation），他擔任中東和北非（MENA）地區的政策官，管理非洲、海灣及歐盟鄰近地區的研究與創新（R&I）投資組合。他後來參與氫能及創新政策，支持歐盟及國際能源外交，並曾擔任工業技術、奈米技術及先進材料的相關職位。他的職業生涯還包括在歐盟蘇格蘭企業辦公室的高級職位及在歐盟法律與政策的學術角色。

盧卡在包括歐洲學院、坎特伯雷大學、本古里安大學、米蘭天主教大學、格拉斯哥大學及聖安德魯斯大學等機構講授歐盟政策及科學外交。他的科學外交工作涵蓋歐盟框架計劃、PRIMA、SESAME、NDICI，專注於中東和海灣合作理事會（GCC）的研究合作工具、共同資助機制、混合融資及跨區域的能源、氣候和創新對話。