Giovanni B. ANDORNINO

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Giovanni B. Andornino is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Turin. He serves as President and Head of the "Global China" Program at T.wai, the Torino World Affairs Institute, and has been the Founding Editor of "OrizzonteCina", currently published by Il Mulino as part of the Politics section of its catalogue of academic journals.

Francesco RATTALINO

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Francesco Rattalino is Executive Vice-President and Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Experience of ESCP Business School. Previously he served as Dean of the Turin Campus for close to ten years.

Anna CAFFARENA

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Anna Caffarena is Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Turin and the Director of its Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She has served as the first President of the Torino World Affairs Institute (2009-2024).

Edoardo AGAMENNONE

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Edoardo Agamennone is Managing Partner at Levante Capital and a Research Fellow at the Torino World Affairs Institute. For the TOChina Hub he serves as Academic Director of the China Management & Business Program.

Martina BLOTTO

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Martina Blotto is Strategic Development Officer at the Torino World Affairs Institute. For the TOChina Hub she serves as Program Manager of the China Management & Business Program.

Leonardo BRUNI

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Leonardo Bruni is a PhD student in History at the European University Institute. For the TOChina Hub he serves as Project Manager of the ChinaMed Project.

Enrico FARDELLA

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Enrico Fardella is Associate Professor of History and Institutions of Asia at the Department of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and Visiting Scholar at John Cabot University in Rome. For the TOChina Hub he is the Director of the ChinaMed Project.

Giuseppe GABUSI

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Giuseppe Gabusi is Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the University of Turin. He is the Head of the "Indo-Pacific" Program at T.wai and Editor of "RISE - Relazioni Internazionali del Sud-Est asiatico". For the TOChina Hub he supports the advanced training programs.

Andrea GHISELLI

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Andrea Ghiselli is Lecturer in International Politics at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology of the University of Exeter. For the TOChina Hub he is Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project.

Virginia MARIANO

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Virginia Mariano is Research Technician at the TOChina Centre of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin. Here she conducts research on the internationalisation of higher education across Europe and China, and on Chinese philanthropy. Virginia is also in charge of managing relations between the University of Turin and key partner universities across Sinophone Asia. For the TOChina Hub she runs the TOItaly Schools.

Kavinda NAVARATNE

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Kavinda Navaratne is General Manager of the Torino World Affairs Institute. He serves as Head of Communication for the TOChina Hub, as well as Program Manager for the TOChina Summer School.

Martina POLETTI

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Martina Poletti serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Europe‑China Philanthropy Project, T.wai's action-research project devoted to fostering resilient networks of trust through mentorship and future-proof charitable actions jointly pursued by European and Chinese leaders in philanthropy. For the TOChina Hub she supports the China-Italy Philanthropy Forum.

Giada SANNAZZARO

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Giada Sannazzaro is Senior Consultant at BIP - Business Integration Partners. For the TOChina Hub she serves as Coordinator of the TOChina Alumni community and convenor of the “From Case Study to Reality” workshop at the University of Turin.

ZHAO Meirong

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Zhao Meirong is Chinese language instructor at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. For the TOChina Hub she has designed and runs the TOChina Alumni Conversation Club.
Contacts
The TOChina Hub may be contacted in writing to the following addresses:
The headquarters of the TOChina Hub are hosted in the TOChina Centre of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin, located within the “Luigi Einaudi” campus (CLE) in Lungo Dora Siena 100/a, Turin.
TOChina Hub
c/o Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin
Lungo Dora Siena 100/a
10153 Torino, Italy
+39 011 670 2627
www.tochina.it