Virginie Collombier is a political scientist and practitioner with over twenty years of academic and policy experience in governance, conflict transformation, and diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Libya. Her work bridges research, mediation and public policy, with expertise in political transitions, post-conflict governance, and Mediterranean geopolitics. She was affiliated with the European University Institute (EUI) from 2011 to 2022, where she carried out several research projects on North Africa and the Middle East. From 2022 to 2025, she served as Professor of Practice at Luiss Guido Carli University, coordinating research activities and teaching in the Master’s in Mediterranean Cooperation and Security.
