Full Name
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia
Job Title
Anti-Disinformation Strategy Lead
Company
Wikimedia Foundation
Speaker Bio
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is a public policy expert and a researcher working on disinformation studies. Her research focuses on state-sponsored coordinated information operations and propaganda.

She is the founder and Director of Istituto di Geopolitica Digitale, a think tank working on the geopolitical challenges of the digital era. The first project of the IGD is a study on information operations in Europe, launched in cooperation with the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, the University of Michigan, and LUISS University of Rome. This project, now in its second cycle, was established with a contribution from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

She is currently consulting on Wikipedia's anti-disinformation strategy at the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, she writes and consults on disinformation and international relations, including as an Election Observer. She previously worked extensively in journalism and public information at the United Nations in New York, including as a spokesperson for Italy on the U.N. Security Council and U.N. Public Information officer. She is affiliated with the Shorenstein Center at Harvard and is an editor and co-founder of the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review.

She regularly writes and speaks about disinformation, and digital governance, including social media regulation. Her work has been presented at universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Luiss University of Rome, and Michigan University, and discussed on television and radio, including on CNN, The Washington Post, Wired, Huffington Post, and La Stampa.

Costanza taught Public Policy and Leadership courses at Harvard University, where she also worked on Europe-related projects at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. She is also a photographer and a photo reporter.

She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in philosophy and theoretical-critical studies from the University La Sapienza of Rome, a Master in International Relations from the Italian Society for International Organizations (SIOI), and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia