Prof. Giacomo Luciani

Adjunct Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies .

Prof. Giacomo Luciani leads the Master in International Energy at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; and is adjunct professor of interdisciplinary studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. In 2010-13 he was Princeton Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Near Eastern Studies. His work has focused on the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, and the economic development of the Gulf countries. With Hazem Beblawi, he edited a book on “The Rentier State” (1987), which is frequently cited as one of the origins of the concept. More recently, he edited “Resources Blessed: Diversification and the Gulf Development Model”. His latest edited book, “Combining Economic and Political Development”, discusses economic policies to support democratic transitions and address popular expectations.


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