Dr Francesco Giumelli
Small Group Project 2018-19
Private actors and enforcement of foreign policy
With Michal Onderco
This project will look at how private actors interpret, enforce, and comply with restrictive measures. The literature has focused on the role of private actors in the provision of public goods in domestic contexts, but less has been done when it comes to the role of for-profit private actors in the provision of security in foreign policy. In this field, the attention has almost exclusively been devoted to the study of Private Military and Security Companies, while the role of ‘less spectacular’ actors has been worrisomely overlooked.
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Biography
Francesco Giumelli is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Department of International Relations and International Organization (IRIO) of the University of Groningen. He is Director of the research theme Development, Security and Justice under the Agricola School for Sustainable Development at the University of Groningen. Since 2022, Francesco has also been Chair of the COST Action Globalization, Illicit Trade, Sustainability and Security (GLITSS), a network of 300 members from 45 countries that fosters a common dialogue across disciplines on illicit trade matters. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) and of the Central European Journal of International Security Studies (CEJISS). His research is also featured in the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). He served as Deputy Head of Department in Groningen from 2017 to 2023 and co-coordinated the BA programme in International Relations and International Organization from 2014 to 2017.
Biographical details correct as of 11.05.26