Professor Emeritus at the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” where he held various institutional positions, including Deputy Pro-Rector and Pro-Rector for Cooperation and International Relations. He was President of the Sapienza Foundation and, until October 2023, Rector of Unitelma Sapienza – University of Rome. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight of the Republic of Romania, Hero of Freedom of the Republic of Hungary, and holds two honorary degrees from the University of Szeged (Hungary) and Tirgu Mures (Romania), and is a full professor at the University of Dagestan.