Nicola Morfini is a PhD Candidate at the School of International Relations of the University of St Andrews (UK). His work and research activity include experience at "Instituto Affari Internazionali-IAI" in Rome (Italy), Centre for Strategic Studies "SAM" in Baku (Azerbaijan), "Public Policy Research Centre" in Almaty (Kazakhstan), "Centre for Economic and Social Development" in Baku (Azerbaijan), "USAK" in Ankara (Turkey).

He graduated at LUISS Guido Carli (Italy) and continued his postgraduate studies at Durham University (UK). In Fall 2012 he has been Visiting Fellow at IESE Business school (Spain).

His field of interest includes bargaining studies, social network analysis, international political economy, Central Asian, Caucasian, Turkish and Albanian affairs.