Gianluca BONANNO

Visiting fellow/Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

Gianluca BONANNO (Dr., International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan) is founding member and Vice-President of the International Peace and Sustainability Organization (IPSO); he also serves as Director of IPSO’s think-tank. He periodically holds Visiting positions at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; he is a research associate at the Mekong River Commission Secretariat; and a visiting research associate at the Asian Development Bank. He is a member of many academic associations dealing with Southeast Asia. He is a consultant at the International Criminal Police Organisation and the European Police Office for trans-national crime. He serves as an international advisory board member for the Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network. His main research interest is in trans-boundary issues in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (mainland Southeast Asia) and beyond, particularly the multi-faceted socio-economic development of border zones and its broader micro and macro geopolitical implications. A Rotary International Fellow and development consultant, he also works practically on the ground as leader of sustainable development projects and he is an advocate of the theory-practice divide.