Teresa Coratella is a Polish-Italian researcher specialising in Italian and Polish foreign policy, European populism and politics, hybrid threats, disinformation, central-eastern Europe. She has an MA in European interdisciplinary studies from the College of Europe, Natolin Campus. She is an alumna of the College of Europe; the International Visiting Leadership Program of the US Department of State (2024 cohort); the On Think Tanks (OTT) School for Thinktankers programme; New Security Leaders programme led by the German Marshall Fund and Casimir Pulawski Foundation; mentor of Women in International Security (WIIS).