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Giovanni Carbone

Head - Africa Programme Business Scenarios, Africa

Giovanni Carbone

Giovanni Carbone (PhD, London School of Economics) is Head of the ISPI Africa Programme and Professor of Political Science at the Università degli Studi di Milano. His research focus is the comparative study of politics, geopolitics and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular regard to political institutions.

Giovanni was previously a Research Associate at the Crisis States Programme of the London School of Economics and the Principal Investigator of a European Research Council (ERC) project. He edited and co-authored a report commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Italy’s policy in Africa, focusing on business opportunities in emerging sub-Saharan economies (La Politica dell’Italia in Africa. Contesto, interessi e scenari della presenza politica e economica italiana nell’Africa subsahariana, ISPI, 2013).

His publications include: Political Leadership in Africa, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2018; co-authored with A.Pellegata); “Are lions democrats? The im­pact of democratisation on economic growth in Africa, 1980-2010” (Democratization, 2016, co-authored with V. Memoli and L. Quartapelle); "Leoni d’Africa. Come l’Italia può intercettare la crescita subsahariana" (2015, co-authored with M. Montanini); "L’Africa. Gli stati, la politica, i conflitti" (2012, II ed.)

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latest releases

Asia, Africa
Asian Players on a Crowded African Chessboard
05 March 2021
Africa
Abiy’s Gamble: Regional Spillovers of Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis
01 February 2021
Europe and Global Governance, Africa
Towards a New EU-Africa Partnership: Trends and Challenges
21 December 2020
Europe and Global Governance, Africa
The EU’s New Africa Strategy and Individual Member States’ Policies
21 December 2020

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EVENTS

17 Dec
Africa's Thorny Horn
18:00
Online round table
TAVOLE ROTONDE E INSTANT EVENTS
29 Oct
Europe-Africa: What Chance for the EU New Strategy?
18:00
Online round table
TAVOLE ROTONDE E INSTANT EVENTS
27 May
Virtual Breakfast Briefing "Covid & Africa"
8:30
Virtual meeting, by invitation only
By invitation only
24 Feb
Executive Briefing "The new Africa: Ethiopia and Kenya"
14:30
Milano, ISPI - Palazzo Clerici
By invitation only

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