Mira Manini Tiwari

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Mira Tiwari is a Research Associate in Knowledge, Governance, Transformations (KGT), part of the Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.

She specialises in societal learning and education for sustainable development and wellbeing, foregrounding climate and social justice in Majority World contexts. She has practitioner and academic experience in interdisciplinary research and policy, inter-institutional governance, regional cooperation, and education.

Her work focuses on strengthening systems approaches and transformative governance through socioecological and decolonial frameworks, critical and ethical data use, and local and expert knowledges in evidence-informed policymaking.

Mira holds a first-class Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Cambridge and a cum-laude Master's Degree in Public Diplomacy from the University of Siena.

She is currently based in Siena, Italy, and has lived in Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, Chicago, Mumbai, Cambridge, and New Delhi. Her working languages are English, Italian, and French. Her conversational languages are Hindi and Spanish.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Consultant and Governing Board Member, Siena Youth Council, Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena
  • 2023–present
    Research Associate, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Eurpoean University Institute
  • 2023–2025
    Research Associate, University of Siena
  • 2023–2025
    Research Associate, Florence School of Regulation
  • 2022–2023
    Junior Project Manager, CREDO Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence in International Relations and Diplomacy
  • 2022–2023
    Community Chapter Support, Global Landscapes Forum
  • 2019–2022
    Curriculum Designer and Teacher, Creating Connections
  • 2018–2019
    Education Specialist, The Hearth Education Advisors

Education

  •  
    University of Siena, MA Public Diplomacy
  •  
    University of Cambridge, BA Education

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