Umberto Triulzi is Professor of Political Economy and International Economy, Faculty of Political Sciences, “La Sapienza" University, Rome and Scientific Director of IPALMO (Institute for Relations between Italy and Africa, Latin America and the Middle-East).

Teaching-related Research/Activities
Its main fields of interest are International Economics and Political Economy, with particular attention to Development Cooperation Policies. He is Lecturer at several post-doctorate schools and consultant of various private and public institutions on Trade and International Economic Policies subjects. He is the author of essays and articles on the topics of economic development and international economy with particular attention to vulnerability issues and time inconsistency of development cooperation policies. His most recent publications have dealt with European Economic Integration and Basic Issues in International Economics:
- Development Cooperation Policy: A time Inconsistency Approach (with Montalbano P.), Federico Caffe’ Center, Roskilde University, Denmark, Research Report n.2/2001;
- Vulnerability Analysis and the Globalization Process (with P. Montalbano), Politica Internazionale, Bymonthly Journal of IPALMO, n.3/4, May-August 2001;
- The Incoherence in the Development Co-operation (with P.Montalbano), Foreign Aid and International Relations, Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science (2002);
- The role of Italy within the Euromediterranean Partnership (with G. Canitano), Europa e Mezzogiorno, Formez. n. 47 dicembre 2002;
- Socio-economic vulnerability and the Culture of Prevention in the Globalization Era (with P.Montalbano) in La Globalizzazione ed i rapporti Nord-Est-Sud (Quadrio Curzio ed.), Atti della XLII Riunione Scientifica Annuale, Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, 2004;
- Trade Openness and Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe (con A. Federici, P.Montalbano e C. Pietrobelli), Wider Research Paper 2005/43, UNU-WIDER, 2005;
- La Politica Economica Internazionale. Teoria normativa e positiva (The Economic Policy in the International Context) with P. Montalbano, UTET-Università, 2006.

Other Research Activities
As Director of Ipalmo Research Unit, he is engaged in programs and project on Global Water Policies carried out in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several International and European Organizations (FAO, UN DESA, EU Water Initiative, World Water Council). On this particular issue, Ipalmo latest publications supervised by Prof. Triulzi have dealt with monitoring of water systems:
- Environmental Vulnerability, Monitoring and Governance of Risk Prevention Systems in the Water Sector (paper elaborated on behalf of the Italian Coordination Platform on the occasion of the 4th World Water Forum, Mexico City, 16-22 March 2006)
- Designing and implementing a Monitoring and Reporting System for Water Policies (paper elaborated on behalf of the EUWI Monitoring and Reporting Working Group on the occasion of the World Water Week 2006, Stockholm, 20-26 August 2006).