Carlo Masala (born 27 March 1968) is professor for International Politics at the

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, lecturer at the University of Munich, as well as lecturer and member of the senate of Munich School of Political Science.

Education

Masala was born in

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. From 1988 to 1992 he studied in Cologne and

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political sciences as well as

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and Romance studies. After having finished his Master's degree, he started to work as researcher in Cologne. In 1996 he graduated at the Institute for Political Sciences and European Issues with a doctoral thesis on German-Italian Relations. In 2002 he was awarded his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in political sciences.

Career

In 2003 Masala was temporarily employed as professor at the University of Munich, and in 2004 he started to work at the

NATO Defence College NATO Defense College (NDC) is the international military college for North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. It is located in Rome, Italy. History The idea of a NATO Defense College originated with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the f ...

in Rome. From 2006 to 2007 he used to be assistant director of research at the college. In July 2007 Masala took a chair of international politics at the Bundeswehr University Munich Masala considers himself a neorealist. His main research areas are theories of international politics, security politics as well as

transatlantic relations Transatlantic relations refer to the historic, cultural, political, economic and social relations between countries on both side of the Atlantic Ocean. Sometimes it specifically means relationships between the Anglophone North American countr ...

Other activities

* Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2015)

References

External links

Chair of Prof. Masala
{{DEFAULTSORT:Masala, Carlo Living people 1968 births International relations scholars German political scientists Political realists Writers from Cologne Academic staff of Bundeswehr University Munich