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Prof. Marco Zupi

Marco ZUPI: Scientific Director of the Centre for Studies in International Politics (CeSPI), an Italian Think-tank on International relations, in Rome; (part-time) Professor of International Political Economy and Development Studies at the Hanoi University; (on leave) professor at the Bac Ha International University of Hanoi; UNDP Senior advisor on SDGs localisation and the role of academia; Scientific coordinator and director of Mondopoli, a web portal on geo-politics and international economics initiated together with Istituto Treccani; Scientific coordinator of the Geopolitics Yearbook published by Treccani; Scientific Convener for the network of the International Doctoral School on the SDGs, a consortium consisting of 42 academic and doctoral schools from 29 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He is also the Editor-in-chief of the e-Journal of Economics and Complexity (with an international editorial board including 20 African, Asian and Latin American academic experts), referee to various refereed international journals and member of the Scientific Board of the Journal Réflexions Économiques.

He is a Member of the Teachers' Board, PhD Programme in Political Science, Roma Tre University; member of the Scientific Committee of the Institut de Prospective Economique du monde Méditerranéen in Paris.

He is Head of the International and Development Political Economy Unit at the Inter-University Centre on Sustainable Development (CIRPS), where he was member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD Programme on Member of the Teachers' Board of the PhD Programme in Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, member of the Management Committee and Coordinator of International Development Cooperation and Data Analysis at the Master programme on international development cooperation.