Biography

Dr. Costanza Musu is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Politics (Palgrave). She obtained her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Subsequently she was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Richmond University (London-UK). She has been a consultant for the Military Center for Strategic Studies – Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CeMiSS-CASD), the think tank of the Italian Ministry of Defence. She has published extensively on Western policies towards the Middle East. Her current research, supported by a SSHRC Insight Grant, focuses on the fight against the illicit trafficking of antiquities looted from conflict areas in the Middle East.

Academic Positions

  • Present2010

    Associate Professor

    University of Ottawa - Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

  • 20102007

    Assistant Professor

    University of Ottawa - Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

  • 20072004

    Assistant Professor

    Richmond, The American International University in London

  • 20042003

    Jean Monnet Fellow

    European University Institute

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2003

    Ph.D. in International Relations

    London School of Economics

  • MPhil 1999

    MPhil in International History

    University of Milan

  • B.A. 1997

    BA in International History

    University of Milan

Recent grants and other appointments

  • 2018-2021
    SSHRC Insight Grant - Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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    “Art for War. Heritage Looting, Blood Antiquities, and the International Fight against Terrorism Financing.”
  • 2019
    Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Politics (Palgrave Macmillan)
  • 2016
    Global Affairs Canada - Research Grant
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    “Looted Cultural Assets and the Financing of Terrorism.”
  • 2015-2016
    University of Ottawa - Faculty of Social Sciences - Fresh Starts Grant
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  • 2013-2018
    Global Affairs Canada - Centre of Learning for International Affairs and Global Leadership (CFSD)
    Contracted by Global Affairs Canada to deliver three-day courses entitled “Understanding the Dynamics of the Middle East” and addressed at Foreign Service Officers.
  • 2011
    University of Ottawa - Faculty of Social Sciences ‘Media Award for activities in the media and in the community’
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  • 2011-2014
    MA Program Coordinator - Graduate School of Public and International Affairs - University of Ottawa