Giovanna Maletta
Senior Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI (website)
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Senior Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI (website)
twitter: @gio_maletta LinkedIn
email: giovanna [dot] maletta [at] sipri [dot] org
strategic trade control | Europe | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | other instruments
Giovanna Maletta is a Senior Researcher for the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme at SIPRI. From January 2023 to August 2024 she was the Acting Director for the same programme. She joined in 2017 as an EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Intern and has been working at SIPRI since then.
Maletta's research work at SIPRI includes issues related to the implementation of national, multilateral and international export control standards and instruments, with a particular focus on the EU engagement with arms export policies and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Her work also involves mapping cooperation and assistance activities in the field of arms transfer and SALW controls. She acted as a Project Coordinator for activities related to SIPRI’s participation in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium in 2018-2022.
Prior to joining SIPRI, Maletta worked as a Blue Book Trainee in the Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and as an Intern in the International Cooperation Branch of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Recent Publications
Giovanna Maletta is a Senior Researcher for the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme at SIPRI. From January 2023 to August 2024 she was the Acting Director for the same programme. She joined in 2017 as an EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Intern and has been working at SIPRI since then.
Maletta's research work at SIPRI includes issues related to the implementation of national, multilateral and international export control standards and instruments, with a particular focus on the EU engagement with arms export policies and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Her work also involves mapping cooperation and assistance activities in the field of arms transfer and SALW controls. She acted as a Project Coordinator for activities related to SIPRI’s participation in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium in 2018-2022.
Prior to joining SIPRI, Maletta worked as a Blue Book Trainee in the Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and as an Intern in the International Cooperation Branch of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Recent Publications
- “A new political forum could help make the EU’s strategic trade controls more strategic—if it is allowed to,” SIPRI Commentary, April 10, 2024.*
- "Firearm-related Gender-based Violence in the European Union," Project INSIGHT Research Report, Flemish Peace Institute, December 2023.
- "Post-shipment On-site Inspections and Stockpile Management Assistance: Bridging Gaps," with Mike Lewis, SIPRI, August 2022.
- "Post-shipment On-site Inspections: Multilateral Steps for Debating and Enabling Their Adoption and Use," with Mark Bromley and Lauriane Héau, SIPRI, October 2022.
- "Funding Arms Transfers through the European Peace Facility: Preventing Risks of Diversion and Misuse," with Lauriane Héau, SIPRI, June 2022.