Penelope, wife of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey, who spent twenty years weaving and unweaving a shroud to delay remarriage and preserve her household, has come to symbolise fidelity, cunning, and endurance. Serena Fraiese argues that her story reveals characteristics that have become central to diplomacy in an age of uncertainty
Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Department of Business, Management and Innovation Systems, DISA-MIS, University of Salerno
Serena teaches international relations and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Salerno, where she is also a member of the Internet and Communication Policy Center, founded by Full Professor Francesco Amoretti and dedicated to the study of digital policies and governance.
Her research explores how Arab states negotiate innovation and tradition in the age of digital transformation, bridging comparative political theory, international law, and digital policy with a focus on ethics, accountability, Islamic political thought and human rights.
She contributes to PRIN projects on digital governance, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity and advises the International Law and Contemporary Societies series (Harmattan Italia).
Serena has worked in conflict- and disaster-affected regions with international humanitarian organisations, holding managerial roles involving coordination, security management, and educational initiatives.
Her work has been published in Rivista di Digital Politics, International Legal Order and Human Rights (OIDU), and the Business and Human Rights Journal blog, with additional articles currently under peer review in leading international journals.
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