Prof. Germana Tappero Merlo

National Security and Critical Infrastructure (SPS/04): 9 ECTS

Born in Turin on 24 June 1959, she graduated in International Political Science from the University of Turin with top marks and honours. In 1990 she obtained a PhD in History of the Americas from the University of Genoa.

Former lecturer and coordinator of International Relations in the Middle East in the Peacekeeping Management Master at the University of Turin, she teaches Cyberwarfare and Cyberwar and Islamic Radicalism and Terrorism at the UNINTESS Institute. Since 2015 she has been a member of the Board of the Italian Society of Military History (SISM, Rome) and a member of the International Affairs Commission of the Italian Diplomatic Academy.

A Senior Analyst and lecturer at private bodies on International Politics and Security of the Middle East and Africa, she is a contract professor at eCampus University for the course "National Security and Critical Infrastructure" (SPS/04).