Dr. Stefano Valente is a Senior Geopolitical Analyst and Coordinator of the Research Center for Geopolitical Studies and Territorial Analysis at Sapienza University of Rome. He teaches and contributes to the academic organization of the second-level Master’s program in Geopolitics and Global Security at Sapienza, where he is also a subject expert in Political and Economic Geography, Geopolitics and Infrastructure Security, and Environmental and Resource Geopolitics.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economic and Statistical Analysis of Social Phenomena and is currently a Research Associate at the Department of Political Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome.
He has extensive experience as an international consultant between Italy and Qatar, providing geopolitical analysis, strategic risk assessment, and advisory services for institutional and private-sector stakeholders. He has published numerous studies and research papers on energy security, strategic risks, and Middle Eastern geopolitical dynamics.