Giovanni Giacalone holds a degree in Sociology from the University of Bologna, a Master’s
in Islamic Studies from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and a specialization in
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
(IICT).
He is currently a researcher at the Institute for Security Policy/IDSF, a Senior Analyst at
the Washington Outsider Center for Information Warfare, counterterrorism advisor for Italia
Atlantica, and group coordinator for the “Latin America Team” at the International Team for
the Study of Security-Verona.
Moreover, he is a senior advisor for the Monitoring Jihadism Italy project and teaches
courses on Islamist Terrorism and Terrorism Screening & Profiling at Rome’s Unimarconi
University.
Giacalone has conducted extensive fieldwork on Islamist extremism across Europe. He
served as country coordinator for the GLOBSEC-led European project From Criminals to
Terrorists and Back, analyzing the crime-terror nexus among jihadist foreign fighters.
Giacalone is the author of La Spirale Balcanica (The Balkan Spiral, 2016), which explores
jihadist networks between Italy and the Balkans, and The Tablighi Jamaat in Europe
(2023), published by Trends Research and Advisory, which investigates potential
radicalization triggers within the Indian Islamist movement.