DR. GIOVANNI ZANALDA

Director, Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Duke University

Co-founder, Space Diplomacy Lab, Duke University

Dr. Giovanni Zanalda is Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), Department of Economics, and Department of History at Duke University.  He is the Director of the Rethinking Diplomacy Program, co-founder of the Space Diplomacy Lab, and former director of the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies and of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute.  He teaches courses on space economy/ics, financial crises, emerging markets, and globalization. Zanalda conducted research in Europe, East Asia, Africa, and Argentina. BA (University of Turin); MA (SAIS – Washington DC); PhD (Johns Hopkins University). He is currently working on research projects on Space Global Value Chains, Space Debris, Space Diplomacy, and Future Space Settlements: Lessons from History.