Lizza Bomassi

Lizza Bomassi joined the EUISS in October 2024 as the Research Analyst for the Indo-Pacific. Her research focuses on European foreign policy towards the Indo-Pacific with a particular interest in regional geopolitical developments.

Lizza brings extensive experience from over a decade working at Carnegie Europe, where she held a senior role overseeing strategic initiatives across multiple areas and conducting research on Europe-Asia relations.

Before Carnegie, Lizza contributed to founding an International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy and establishing a global Parliamentarians Network on Conflict Prevention. In the 2000s, Lizza worked for Save the Children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, contributing to health and education projects for displaced children and their families.

She is the editor of the report “Reimagining EU-ASEAN Relations: Challenges and Opportunities” and co-author of “The Southern Mirror: Reflections on Europe From the Global South”. Lizza has been featured in various media outlets and journals in the Asia Pacific and has addressed the academic, policy, and think-tank communities on Europe-Asia relations. She is an alumnus of the Asian Forum on Global Governance, a United People Global board member, and fluent in English, French and Tagalog (Filipino).

Lizza double-majored in Communications and Psychology at Simon Fraser University and holds a master’s degree in Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).