Elena Bascone

Elena Bascone is a public policy professional, focusing on future economic and political challenges.

Her research spans economic, security, and tech policy.

Notably, her master's thesis in 2020 developed a model assessing the effectiveness of sanctions, applied to the Council of Europe-Russia dispute.

She subsequently explored energy policy (Nord Stream 2 in 2021) and budget policy (EU Commission in 2022).

Passionate about computer programming, she partially coded her Future Blog in 2022 and initiatied her project, Res Publica, in 2018.

In 2023, she delved into immersive technology, securing the Charlemagne Prize Fellowship for a year-long research project on European consortiums and collaboration in the metaverse.

Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, mentors her, and she is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS).