Nicola Zordan is a recently graduated student in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MA) at the University of Bologna, a joint degree programme with the Saint Petersburg State University, Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas and Zagreb University.

He also holds a BA in International Studies at the University of Trento, and at the end of his studies he completed a three-month internship at the Consulate General of Italy in Rijeka.

With a keen passion for the Balkans, he focused his studies on the political, economic and historical development of the  Southeast European Region.

At the moment he is collaborating with Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa, a think tank and online newspaper based in Trento and specialized on South East Europe, Turkey, Ukraine and Caucasus.