Dr. Giovanni Zanalda is the Director of the Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP) and of the Space Diplomacy Lab (SDL). He is Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), Department of Economics, and Department of History at Duke University. Zanalda is an economic historian specialized in the history of the international economy, finance, development, space economy and diplomacy/policy. He teaches courses on financial crises, emerging markets, international economy (1850-present), space economy/economics in the Department of Economics, and on the history of globalization in the Sanford School of Public Policy. He conducts research and advise students in the areas of Space Diplomacy/Policy and Space Economy. He’s Faculty Director of the Karsh International Scholars Program and Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary European Studies graduate certificate and former director of the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (August 2015-September 2022) and of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (August 2015-December 2017). Zanalda conducted research in Europe, East Asia, Africa, and Argentina and worked as a consultant in the Office of the Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist at the World Bank. BA (University of Turin); MA (SAIS – Washington DC); PhD (Johns Hopkins University).
Contact: giovanni.zanalda@duke.edu
