The Master in Advanced Public and Cultural Diplomacy for International Relations (MAPCD)  is directed by:

Prof Damiano Palano, full Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Department of Political Science at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Prof Federica Olivares, Founder and Director of the Master, Cultural Diplomacy advisor, former Counsellor for international Cultural Affairs to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Learn from scholars and professionals 

The faculty is composed of Italian and international scholars and professionals from global institutions and non-governmental organisations, sharing their experience with the class.
Amongst them:

• Anaïs Aguerre -  Founder and Managing Director of Culture Connect; former Head of International Initiatives at the Victoria and Albert Museum
• Anton Anca - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, University of Bucharest
• Roberta Bartoli - Associate Scholar, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max Planck Institut
• Rosanna Binacchi – Former Head of Unit for the International Relations, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage
• Corneliu Bjola – Director, Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group, University of Oxford
• Nicholas J. Cull – Professor of Public Diplomacy,  University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
• Gerald Giaquinta - Professor and Academic Director, World Bachelor in Business Program, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
• Javier Jimenez – Director, Lord Cultural Resources, Madrid
• Kiril P. Kartaloff, Associate Professor of Diplomatic History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Melissa Nisbett - Reader in Cultural Politics, Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London