Board
Nicholas Tommasini
Responsible for the organization of national and international simulations of the United Nations.
Received a diploma in political science and international relations from the University of Florence and a thesis on “Energy diplomacy–the energy sector as a soft power for international diplomacy”. Tommasini participated in his first United Nations simulations during his fourth year of high school and later worked as a volunteer. His career continued as he later became project manager at the most prestigious national and international simulations of the UN where he also served as Secretary General.
He currently serves as chief of staff for more than ten international simulations where he actively collaborates with highschools and universities around the world to organize private and public conferences.
Innovator under 35 years olds in the United Nations simulation sector, promoting the application of artificial intelligence and gamification software projects to education and communication.
Professor Gianluca Pastori
Head of education in the following fields: International Relations, United Nations and Diplomacy.
Since May 1, 2016, Associate Professor of History has served as Faculty at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Catholic University of Milan where he specializes in relations between North America and Europe.
From 2005 to 2016, he devoted time into researching the scientific and disciplinary field SPS-06 (History of International Relations); in A.A. 2006-07, Lecturer in History of Military Institutions and Security Systems (Module II), Faculty of Political Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. Since the academic year 2007-08, Associate Professor of History of Political Relations between North America and Europe, Faculty of Political Science (since 01.11.2012, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
Lecturer in the history of international relations module of the Master in diplomacy (formally Master in International Affairs) at ISPI–Istituto per gli Studi di politica Internazionale; within the same institute, coordinator and lecture at the winter school “The Energy Policies of the European Union”.
Founding member of Society for Middle East Studies (SeSaMO) and served as a member of the Italian Society of International History (SISI), and Italian Society of Military History (of which he was a member of the steering committee from 2007-2012). He later became an associate member of the Italian Hungarian cultural association “Pie Paolo Vergerio” and Interatenian Center for Peace Studies (CISP).
Professor Davide Borsani
Head of education in the following fields: International Relations, United Nations and Diplomacy
Professor Borsani served as a researcher in the History of International Relations (SPS/06) at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where he currently teaches european integration: History and Politics.
He has collaborated with organizations and study centers, including the Istituto per gli Studi di POlitica Internazionale (ISPI) in Milann, where he is also an associate researcher for the Transatlantic Relations program, member of the facility of the Master of Diplomacy for the History of International Relations And coordinator of the short course “The United Nations and International Security”.
He has spoken several times at the International Congress of Military History of the International Commission on Military History (CIHM) as a member of the delegation of the Ministry of Defence. Within this same commission, he has been the president’s academic assistant since 2015 and a member of the bibliographic committee since 2021. He is also a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography (IJMH).
Since 2018, he has participated as a pedagogical advisor in the simulations of the work of the United Nations in New York (NMUN). In 2010, he participated as an expert in the field in two exercises of the NATO Rapid Deployment Corps – Italy (NRDC-ITA).
He is editorial secretary of the Quaderni di Scienze Politiche (QdSP) dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is also qualified as a second-ranking professor for the period 2018-2027 in the competition sector 14/B2 – History of international relations, companies and non-European institutions.
Francesca Sironi De Gregorio
Professor and Member of the United Nations General Assembly. Responsible for education in the field of International Law, United Nations Resolutions and rules of procedure.
Francesca Sironi De Gregorio is currently pursuing a doctorate in public international law at the University of Palermo, with a project on digital evidence in international litigation. She obtained her summa cum laude diploma from the Catholic University of Milan in 2019, where she currently works as a teaching assistant. After graduating, she did an internship at the International Criminal Court in Pre-Trial Chamber II. She is also a legal collaborator at Genocide Watch, where she works on strategic litigation to provide reparations to victims of atrocities. She was a visiting researcher at UNESCO headquarters, the Relais Culture Europe (Paris) and the Library of the Palais de la Paix (The Hague). Her main areas of research are general public international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law and feminist approaches to international law.
Professor Fabrizio Coticchia
Member of the Board of Directors for the creation and study of United Nations simulation pathways and advisor for International Relations, International Security and International organization modules.
Aleksandar Damjanovski
Pedagogical advisor
Teacher in international law and geopolitics at the Unicollege SSML in Florence and holding the position of economic analyst at the Luigi Einaudi Center, actively participating in the “Measuring Economic Freedom” project. He obtained his doctorate in international studies at the School of International Studies of the University of Trento, focusing his research on preferential models of behavior in the European Union’s defense cooperation initiatives. His academic career includes a master’s degree in international relations and European studies, as well as a bachelor’s degree in international studies, both obtained at the University of Florence. He obtained a Master’s degree in diplomatic studies from the Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale in Rome. He did an internship at the communication service of the European University Institute and was a research assistant in the OSCE project “Trust-building measures to reduce the risk of conflict arising from the use of ICT”. In the past, he has completed a Bluebook internship at the European Commission, DG Defence, Industry and Space.
Mattia Michelnageli
Mattia is passionate about life and open and collaborative human dynamics. His experience extends both in large companies and in the world of startups. He believes that real innovation is not created by technologies but by people and their willingness to innovate. Coaching, co-creation and providential investment. He is always looking for the next challenge of value-driven evolution. In 2019, he was selected as one of the “7 Innovators of Rome” by Talent Garden. Member of the Board of Directors of Skillando.org (Digital Volunteering), he is also the founder of the Fuckup Nights Malta chapter. Mattia thinks that it is necessary to educate new generations about the value of failure, its management, the humanity that results from it and to build an identity capable of perceiving a common destiny, where we can fail and start again without value and dignity being tainted. Providential investor of Start2 Impact University selected by the European Commission as a member of the Coalition for Digital Skills and Work. He was selected as a mentor for the first Vatican Hackathon, “VHack”, which puts young people and technology at the service of the common good. He has given lectures, speeches and workshops at several prestigious universities, such as SDA Bocconi, Bicocca Milano, Luiss Guido Carli, La Sapienza de Rome and many others. In addition to having fun with immersive technologies, Mattia is a food lover, a sailor and a traveler. He visited 5 continents and lived on 3. Finally, Mattia is an official Facilitator of Lego Serious Play.
Nicholas Toll
Teaching leader for Soft Skills such as Public Speaking and Negotiation.
He is currently a language expert at La Sapienza University of Rome and the School of Language Mediation in Rome with 20 years’ experience in the academic field.
Collaborates with numerous Schools and Universities in teaching English and Public Speaking in numerous fields of study and activities.
More than ten years experience in application of soft skills in the world of teaching related to Model United Nations and referent for MUN•MALTA for the main Schools and Universities in the world for the organization of training courses in Soft Skills that we hold every year in more than 20 countries.
Academic lecturer and communication expert also in the private business world with collaborations in the top 50 international companies to train managers and executives in Public Speaking, Negotiation and Pitch.
Damion Harris
Responsible for teaching in the field of non-technical skills, such as public speaking and negotiation.
English teacher and language consultant with more than ten years of experience in non-technical skills related to public speaking, negotiation, team building/work and problem solving. A speaker for the public and private sectors, he trains international executives, managers and negotiators to teach them official presentation, institutional and non-institutional public relations and negotiation techniques. He transmits the non-technical skills of MUN-MALTA to more than fifteen countries around the world and works with most of the 50 largest national and multinational companies on the international scene. His courses in oratory, body language and negotiation are attended by thousands of professionals.
Domenico Frascà
MUNer and Analyst
He is CEO and Founder of Frascà&Partners, a company that produces geopolitical and political-institutional analysis. He coordinates research mainly on new technologies, defense and international security. He produces articles, reports, dossiers, writing speeches and position papers. He has been a project manager for third sector entities with an international focus. He has been a policy consultant. He has been responsible for the direction of the Florence Limes Club, organizing numerous public interest events. He holds a Level II Master’s degree in Leadership and Strategic Analysis from the Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences (ISMA) and University of Florence (UNIFI). He holds a master’s degree in International Relations and European Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, from the Cesare Alfieri School of Political Science (UNIFI). He attended the Postgraduate Course in Intelligence and National Security sponsored by the Department of Security Intelligence (DIS). Attended a training course on United Nations negotiation processes and techniques for Model UN projects in Florence, Rome, and New York. He attended the 2015 Summer School “Negotiation in Humanitarian Crises” at “Institute for International Policy Studies” (ISPI, Milan). He has been a member of the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies at UNIFI since 2016, has collaborated with Rivista Aeronautica, Digital Agenda and occasionally collaborates with Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cesare Alfieri Alumni Association. He is mainly interested in geopolitics, defense and security.
Veronica Dominante
MUNer and Project Manager.
A graduate in political science and international relations from the Catholic University of Milan and a student at ISPI, she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in international security at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). She participated in her first Model United Nations in 2018 and has never stopped being passionate about this subject. Responsible for institutional relations with the United States since 2019, she has supervised and maintained relations with North American partners and managed projects on site in New York and Washington D.C. As part of MUN Rome, she chaired the Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Security Council. She has participated and participated in many volunteer activities and has been a universal civil service worker. Within MUN-ITALIA, she holds the role of Project Manager Italy, coordinating all active projects, staff and initiatives in place, also dealing with institutional relations with public administrations and national and international public institutions.
