Asia Observatory (AO)

Silvia Menegazzi

Head of Unit

Silvia Menegazzi is a Lecturer at Luiss Guido Carli University and EAVI Research fellow at the East Asia National Resource Center, Elliott School of International Affairs. Her research interest cuts across International Relations and Chinese Studies with a focus on Chinese foreign policy, non-governmental actors, think tanks and international organizations. Dr. Menegazzi held research and teaching positions at Luiss Guido Carli, Roma Tre University, the China Foreign Affairs University, the University of Warwick. Dr. Menegazzi is the author of the book Rethinking Think Tanks in Contemporary China (Palgrave 2018) and co-author of the book New Regional Initiatives in China’s Foreign Policy. The Incoming Pluralism of Global Governance (Palgrave 2018). She has also been published in a variety of publications including East Asia Forum, China Brief and ChinaFile. 

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Thomas Christiansen

Thomas Christiansen joined Luiss University as a Professor in the Political Science Department in September 2019. He previously held positions at Maastricht University, at the European Institute of Public Administration, at Aberystwyth University of Wales and at Essex University. He is Executive Editor of the Journal of European Integration and co-editor (with Sophie Vanhoonacker) of the ‘European Administration Governance’ book series at Palgrave Macmillan. He has published widely on different aspects of European Union politics. He recently co-authored, with Emil Kirchner and Uwe Wissenbach, The European Union and China (London: Palgrave, 2019) and co-edited, with Elena Griglio and Nicola Lupo, The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations (London: Routledge, 2023).

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Youngah Guahk

Youngah Guahk joined the Department of Business and Management (DIM) at Luiss University as a Lecturer in September 2020. She has a study background, with Masters degrees from Stenden University in the Netherlands and Birkbeck College, University of London, in UK. She received her PhD in Political Science from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. In her doctoral research, Dr Guahk has focused on urban governance and sustainable development in East Asia, with particular focus on the politics and policymaking regarding smart city projects in South Korea. Dr Guahk has been involved in various research projects and has published on different aspects of Korean current affairs, including chapters on the administration of the Korean National Assembly and the role of culture in Korea’s public diplomacy. 

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Satoko Kawamura

Satoko Kawamura is Professor and Associate Dean at the College and the Graduate School of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Japan. Deputy Director at the Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Sciences of the Kinugasa Research Organization of Ritsumeikan. Specialized fields: International Relations (Governance of Advanced Technology, Thought of International Relations), International Administration, the Law of International Relations, and the Sociology of International Relations. Currently work: A research about the system of transnational governance and its norms, which are established by not only states or international organizations but also non-state actors that regulate themselves voluntarily. On Global Order: The Resonance of Transborder Thought, Institutions, and Norms published in Japanese is under translation into English. 

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