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Professor Dries Lesage
Associate Professor of Globalisation and Global Governance
Associate Professor of Globalisation and Global Governance
Dries Lesage is Associate Professor of Globalisation and Global Governance at Ghent University. There he chairs the Ghent Institute for International Studies (GIIS). Dries Lesage has been working with UNU-CRIS on global tax collaboration in relation to development and the Sustainable Development Goals, including a fruitful international seminar in January 2019, a UNU-CRIS Working Paper (2019) and a forthcoming edited book (all co-organised and co-authored with Leiden University’s Prof. Irma Mosquera and Ghent University’s Dr. Wouter Lips).
Dries Lesage holds a Master in Political Science (1998) and a PhD in Political Science (2002, Ghent University). He teaches Globalisation and Global Governance, Theories of International Relations and History of World Politics (1815-present) at Ghent University. He also teaches International Relations Theory in the Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, jointly organised by Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His current research interests include key trends and reforms in the multilateral architecture, global tax governance (including regional tax organisations) and Turkish politics. Publications include Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions (Palgrave, 2015, with Thijs Van de Graaf) and ‘The BRICs and International Tax Governance : The Case of Automatic Exchange of Information’ in New Political Economy (2020, with Wouter Lips and Mattias Vermeiren).
Dries Lesage holds a Master in Political Science (1998) and a PhD in Political Science (2002, Ghent University). He teaches Globalisation and Global Governance, Theories of International Relations and History of World Politics (1815-present) at Ghent University. He also teaches International Relations Theory in the Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, jointly organised by Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His current research interests include key trends and reforms in the multilateral architecture, global tax governance (including regional tax organisations) and Turkish politics. Publications include Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions (Palgrave, 2015, with Thijs Van de Graaf) and ‘The BRICs and International Tax Governance : The Case of Automatic Exchange of Information’ in New Political Economy (2020, with Wouter Lips and Mattias Vermeiren).
Dr. Maurizio Tinnirello
Postdoctoral Assistant
Postdoctoral Assistant
Dr Tinnirello is a member of the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies at Ghent University. He has held academic positions both in the Global South and North, including at Northumbria University Amsterdam Campus, and Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Dr Tinnirello has also worked as an international researcher and policy consultant on global security, and military corruption issues. He is also the Vice-Chair and Program Chair of the Science, Technology and Art in International Relations at The International Studies Association since 2019.
Maurizio Tinnirello holds a PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, UK. He was a recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie action Initial Training Award, and a visiting PhD fellow at Coimbra University. Before conducting his PhD studies, Dr Tinnirello earned a MA in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent, UK.
Dr Tinnirello’s research has primarily focused on how global capitalism, and its ideology, have affected global politics and security, and also intellectual thought, and what can societies do to free themselves from capitalism’s grip. Dr Tinnirello is transferring his understanding of our historical, intellectual, and political era to address international political challenges arising from an epoch-transforming technology like artificial intelligence. Dr Tinnirello’s latest work is The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence published by CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group.
Maurizio Tinnirello holds a PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, UK. He was a recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie action Initial Training Award, and a visiting PhD fellow at Coimbra University. Before conducting his PhD studies, Dr Tinnirello earned a MA in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent, UK.
Dr Tinnirello’s research has primarily focused on how global capitalism, and its ideology, have affected global politics and security, and also intellectual thought, and what can societies do to free themselves from capitalism’s grip. Dr Tinnirello is transferring his understanding of our historical, intellectual, and political era to address international political challenges arising from an epoch-transforming technology like artificial intelligence. Dr Tinnirello’s latest work is The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence published by CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group.
