Paolo Zucconi, M.Sc

Affiliated Researcher
ORCID Entanglements and Globalisation
ORCID iD
Department »Entanglements and Globalisation«

About

Paolo Zucconi was born in Pescia, Italy. He studied political science and international relations at the University of Florence (2011-2014) and international security at the University of Trento (2016-2018). In 2018, he completed an internship at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies before working as a political risk analyst (2019). Since 2020, he has been a PhD student at the Graduate School Global and Area Studies and a research assistant at the Research Institute for Social Cohesion at the University of Leipzig.

Paolo Zucconi has been a research associate in the Department »Entanglements and Globalization« at GWZOsince 2022.

Work Focus

•    Post-communist Eastern Europe and Russia
•    Geopolitics and international security
•    Energy security

Current Research Topic

Following geopolitical developments in Eastern Europe - like the annexation of Crimea in 2014 – different attitudes towards the Russian Federation can be observed. The project aims to investigate the relationship of the Visegrad societies with Putin's Russia as result of socio-historical processes, current national interests, and changes in domestic political landscape.

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