Silvia Merlo graduated in International Relations in 2014 at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In 2015 she had a traineeship at APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research), where she examined in depth the European policies for the research and innovation. She worked for non-profit and for profit research organizations where she had in charge of the administrative, financial management, cost reporting and auditing of funded research projects. In January 2020 she joined the Project Office at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, where she is involved in the management and financial reporting of FEEM’s funded projects.