Vittorio Buffatti

As the Assistant Director of the Italy Center, Professor Buffatti overseas the administrative operations of the Italy Center. He is a practitioner and researcher having worked for numerous human rights causes across Italy and the Balkans. In 2010 he conducted research for Amici dei Bambini which is the largest non profit organization in Italy addressing the needs of children. He holds two master’s degrees; one in Political Science (interdisciplinary with Law) from the University of Bologna and another in Business and Non Profit Management from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. He has overseen the operations of youth and legal projects in the Balkans while working for the Johns Hopkin’s University Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development. He served for six years as a tutor and director of student affairs for the Bologna based Loyola University (California) International Law Program.