Giuseppe Sacco (born 1 August 1938) is a tenured Italian academic specialised in international relations, with secondary interests in the fields of international economic relations, industrial and science and technology policy, international oil, the environment, and international migrations.
He holds a Diplôme at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of the University of Paris-Sorbonne, as well as a doctoral degree in political science, University of Naples, where he also spent three years in the department of engineering. In 1966 he obtained a Fulbright scholarship at Columbia University and, early in his career, he has also been, with a Ford Foundation grant, visiting scientist at "Resources for the Future" (Brookings Institution, Washington, DC) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Academic career
From 1980 until 2010 Sacco was a
professor
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at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the
, where he taught International Relations and World Economic Systems, Development Sociology and International Migrations. During the period 1970-1980 he was in charge as a full professor of Industrial Economics and Policy at the
University of Florence
The University of Florence (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'', UniFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled.
History
The first universi ...
, and from 1981 to 1985 at the
University of Calabria
The University of Calabria ( it, Università della Calabria, UNICAL) is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of Cosenza, the university was founded in 1972. Among its founders there were Beniamino ...
. From 1989 to 2000, he taught at the
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
, motto_lang = fr
, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
, type = Public research university''Grande école''
, established =
, founder = Émile Boutmy
, accreditation ...
. He has also been a visiting professor at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
,
University of San Francisco
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,
University of California, Los Angeles
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,
Princeton University
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, and the
Federal University of Pernambuco
Federal University of Pernambuco ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE) is a public university in Recife, Brazil, established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses. , UFPE had 35,000 students and 2,000 ...
. Early in his career, he was a visiting scientist at "Resources for the Future" of the
Brookings Institution
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and at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
. His fields of research are: International Political Economy, World Economic Systems and International Migrations. He has always had connections and collaboration with several international magazines and newspapers. As a knowledgeable analyst on International and European social and interrelated economic phenomenon and issues, Sacco has often been interviewed by international journals and international broadcasting channels. He has been invited as a lecturer to many international conferences and meetings.
Sacco has been in charge as the coordinator and scientist of numerous research projects. In 2006 he was in charge of the Research program of the
Ministry of Education, Universities and Research of Italy, in 1992 he was the director of the research project on "Immigration and Security Problems in Western Europe for the
Italian Military Centre for Strategic Studies"; in 1991, he was the director of the "Feasibility Study on Solar Energy Production in the Sahara Region" in Algiers; in 1989, he was the director of economic and social studies "The Moscow Techno-park Project" at the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...
; in 1984 he was head of a mission for three feasibility studies in Malaysia for the
Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero (ICE; National Institute for Foreign Trade)(furnishings, prefabricated building components, advanced technologies for food conservation); and in 1981 and 1982, he was the director of the ICE feasibility study on the setting up of a fish-farming plant on Lake Habbaniya (Iraq).
He has also been a strategic analyst and consultant of Public and International Bodies, Multinational Companies. In the last decade he focused his attention on Chinese development and the outcome on USA, Europe and the global economy.
His latest work is "Batman and Joker: the Self Representation of America" Published in Italy and soon to have a second edition in printing.
International experience
From 1976 to 1980, Sacco was the division director at the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and was in charge of long term forecasting about the evolution of world manufacturing in the framework of the North-South Inter-Futures Project, also known as the "WA" (harmony) project. In addition, Sacco worked for the
European Commission
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and as Italian representative at several international conferences and organizations concerning the protection of the environment, such as the
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 5–16 in 1972.
When the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the 1972 Stockholm Conference, taking up the offer of the Government of S ...
(1972) and the
International Maritime Organization. Sacco has assisted as international consultant to several national institutions, international organizations, and multinational corporations in over 40 countries. He has consulted for the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
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, the
Agency for the Development of Kazakhstan,
Enel
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, the Nigerian Salt Refining Co.,
Lavalin, the
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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, the
African Development Bank
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, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the
Asian Development Bank
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, and Masterfood Int.
Publications
Sacco wrote and contributed to several international revues, such as: ''
New Society
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'', ''Géopolitique'', ''Preuves'', ''
Commentary
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Publications
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'',''
Internationale Politik
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'', ''The International Spectator'', ''Commentaire'', ''
The Washington Quarterly
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'', ''Politica Exterior'', ''Politique Etrangère'', ''Sociétal'', ''Outre-Terre'' and ''
Limes
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'', ''The Wilson Quarterly'' and ''Lettera Internazionale''. He is member of the Editorial and Scientific Committee of ''Limes'', ''Commentaire'', ''Commentary'' and ''Outre-Terre''. In addition, Sacco is (co-)author of:
* ''Critica del Nuovo Secolo'', Luiss University Press, Rome, 2005.
* ''Que se vayan: l'America Latina nel sistema mondiale'', Sankara, Rome, 2002
* ''La Polis Internet'', with
Giorgio Pacifici, Paul Mathias, Pieraugusto Pozzi, foreword of Francesco De Domenico; in cooperation with
Institut d'Etudes Politiques
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of Paris, Milano : F. Angeli,
000
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* Th ...
translation from French into Italian by Ugo G. Pacifici Noja, Angeli,
* ''L'Invasione scalza: movimenti migratori e sicurezza nazionale'', Franco Angeli, Milan, 1997
* ''Meno vincoli per l'impresa''(Asian EPZs, and Europe), Euroforum, Brussels, 1989
* ''La Cooperazione Industriale con I PVS'', Il Mulino, Bologna, 1982
* ''Industria e Potere Mondiale'', Franco Angeli, Milan, 1980
* ''Il Nuovo Medio Evo'', Bompiani, Milan, 1972 (with
Umberto Eco
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,
Francesco Alberoni
Francesco Alberoni (born 31 December 1929, in Borgonovo Val Tidone, Piacenza) is an Italian journalist and a professor of sociology. He was a board member and senior board member (chairman) of RAI, the Italian state television network, from 200 ...
and
:it: Furio ColomboOCLC Number: 883973* ''Il Mezzogiorno nella Politica Scientifica'', Etas Kompass, Milan, 196
OCLC Number: 9794131ref>was cited by Luca Muscara, ''The complete bibliography of Jean Gottmann'', in Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, 2011
References
External links
Homepage at University's websiteThe European Centre for International Affairs
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Living people