Rosarita Cuccoli

Founder and Owner, Stadio Novo and Non-executive Director and Scientific Advisor for Sport and Citizenship

Rosarita Cuccoli, an Italian-born from Bologna and Parisian of adoption, has an academic and career path in international relations. She has worked for different international organizations, including the United Nations, and non for profit associations, with responsibilities ranging from information and knowledge management to fundraising.

She has a post-graduate degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a specialisation degree in Development Co-operation from the University of Bologna, where she had first graduated with honours in Political Science.

She has worked as a research fellow for NATO and the EU and has received awards, for her research in the field of international politics, from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as a Chevening Scholar, and the National Research Council of Italy.

Cuccoli is an expert in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development issues. She has been in charge of the creation of CSR knowledge platforms and the writing of information and communication materials for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INSEAD business school. She is also a published writer and has been Managing Editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Untill 2011 Cuccoli was Secretary General for the now dissolved International Association for Sports Newspapers. She further holds a post as a Consultant on Sports Journalism for the Center of International Media Ethics (CIME) in Chicago.

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