Debora Malito

Debora V. Malito joined XJTLU in 2018 as Assistant Professor. She completed her PhD in Political Studies from the University of Milan and held research positions at the European University Institute and University of Cape Town.Her work intersects critical approaches in the study of sovereignty and international intervention. Current research projects concern: the unmaking of political orders through interventionist projects and the political economy of measuring governance.Her publications have appeared in journals such as International Peacekeeping, Politikon and Third World Quarterly; she is the author of Destabilising Interventions in Somalia (Routledge 2020) and co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Indicators in Global Governance (2018) with G. Umbach and N. Bhuta.She welcome PhD applications in the following areas:- International Intervention and Sovereignty- Africa-China relations- Global Governance and Development - New modes and Metrics of Governance

2023-ongoing, Associate Professor, Dept of International Studies, XJTLU

2021-ongoing, Programme Director, BA in International Relations

2018, Assistant Professor, Dept of International Studies, XJTLU

2022, Maternity leave

2015-2016, A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Humanities, University of Cape Town

2013-2016, Research Associate, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

2009-11, Adjunct Lecturer, Dept of Economics, University of Brescia

State-building

Sovereignty and Intervention

International Relations Theory

International Intervention, Humanitarism, Responsibility to Protect

New Modes of Governance

Critical security studies

Critical theory

China-Africa relations

INS101  Contemporary International Relations

INS405 Critical Security Studies

INS402 Conflict and International Intervention

INR201 Managing the World: the role of International Institutions

INR107 International Politics of Development in Africa

Economic Theories of Globalisation