Giovanna Scocozza is an associate professor in the scientific-disciplinary sector L-LIN/07 – Language and Translation – Spanish Language at the University for Foreigners of Perugia. Her recent research has focused on the analysis of non-violent struggle experiences in contemporary Latin America and Spain, as well as the possible influence of Aldo Capitini's thought in these contexts. She also reflects anew on issues of identity and migration present in the Hispanic world, always with particular attention to the complex reality of the Spanish-Moroccan border. Her studies are also centered on the intricate universe of philosophical translation, now with an eye turned toward the other side of the ocean, that is, toward that Latin American philosophical and political thought which, while maintaining its specificity and originality, must absolutely be considered as an active part of humanism and universal culture (see the translation of P. Guadarrama's volume, “Philosophy and No More Philosophy. Philosophy, Culture, and Politics in Spanish America”). She is currently Director of the Center for Linguistic Assessment and Certification (CVCL) at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, as well as the Rector’s Delegate for International Relations (Latin America Area). She is director of the Polispanica series, published by Guida Editore, as well as a member of the scientific committee of various series and journals. She is a member of the Interuniversity Center for Comparative Area Studies: Asia, Africa, Latin America (ASAFAL) – University of Siena, and “Visitante Ilustre” at the Instituto Universitario Italiano de Rosario (Argentina).

She is an associate professor in Spanish Language and Translation at the University for Foreigners of Perugia. She is currently conducting research on the translation of Ernesto Sábato’s essays and his contribution to the controversial debate on the Argentine linguistic question, that is, the existence of an “Argentine language” reflected in the ideological and literary framework of the Latin American country. She has focused her attention on the “language of exile” in Cristina Peri Rossi and Alfonsina Storni. She has also concentrated on the phenomenon of migration in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, and its implications in terms of linguistic coexistence and multiculturalism. She is a member of the editorial board of the Polispanica series (Guida Editori) and the Center for Comparative Area Studies (Asafal), and serves as Latin American Research Analyst for Emerics (Seoul, South Korea).

Cecilia Emma Sottilotta is an Associate Professor in the academic field GSPS-02/A (Political Science) at the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Unistrapg). In June 2020, she obtained the national scientific qualification as a Second Level Professor in her competition sector. Between 2017 and 2022, Sottilotta was Assistant Professor of International Relations and Global Politics as well as Director of the Master's program in Peace Studies at the American University of Rome. Previously, she was a research fellow at the Department of Political Science at LUISS Guido Carli, participating in the project "The choice for Europe since Maastricht: Member States' preferences for economic and fiscal integration - EMU Choices" funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. Since 2020, she has been a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges). She has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre of the Hertie School (Berlin), a DAAD Visiting Research Fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies - GIGA Hamburg (2019), Visiting Professor at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia (2017), and Visiting Researcher at the Salzburg Centre for European Union Studies (2016). Her research interests focus on topics such as political risk for foreign direct investment, European and Latin American politics.