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Giovanna Maletta
Senior Researcher
Giovanna Maletta
Giovanna Maletta is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme. From January 2023 to August 2024, she was Acting Director of the same programme She joined in 2017 as an EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Intern and has been working at SIPRI since then.
Her 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). Giovanna’s work also involves mapping cooperation and assistance activities in the field of arms transfer and SALW controls. Giovanna 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, Giovanna 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).
Regional expertise
European Union
CONTACT Giovanna Maletta
Languages
Italian, English
Education
BA in Political Science and Communication Studies and MA in International Relations at LUISS 'Guido Carli' University of Rome
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Making the most of the EU catch-all control on cyber-surveillance exports (Topical backgrounder, )
- A new political forum could help make the EU’s strategic trade controls more strategic—if it is allowed to (Essay, )
- Arms transfer and SALW control-related assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: Identifying needs and bridging gaps (Topical backgrounder, )
- Arms transfer and SALW controls in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges and state of play (Topical backgrounder, )
- SALW-related assistance to states in sub-Saharan Africa: Hitting the target or missing the mark? (Topical backgrounder, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Post-shipment On-site Inspections and Stockpile Management Assistance: Bridging Gaps (SIPRI, Stockholm: August 2022)
- Funding Arms Transfers through the European Peace Facility: Preventing Risks of Diversion and Misuse (SIPRI, Stockholm: June 2022)
- Post-shipment On-site Inspections: Multilateral Steps for Debating and Enabling Their Adoption and Use (SIPRI, Stockholm: October 2022)
- Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: International Assistance to Support Implementation (August 2021)
- Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: Achievements, Challenges and Ways Forward (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
- Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: A Summary of Policy Options (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
- Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls through Development Assistance: The Case of sub-Saharan Africa (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2021)
- The Challenge of Software and Technology Transfers to Non-proliferation Efforts: Implementing and Complying with Export Controls (SIPRI, Stockholm: April 2018)
- Arms Transfer and SALW Controls in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping Capacity-building Efforts (November 2018)
- Internal compliance and export control guidance documents for the nuclear sector (July 2017)
- Internal compliance and export control guidance documents for transport or distribution service providers (July 2017)
- Internal compliance and export control guidance documents for the defence and aerospace sector (July 2017)
- Challenges and good practices in the implementation of the EU’s arms and dual-use export controls: A cross-sector analysis (July 2017)
- Internal compliance and export control guidance documents for actors from academia and research (July 2017)
- Internal compliance and export control guidance documents for the information and communications technology sector (July 2017)
External publications
- Maletta, G., ‘Firearm-related Gender-based Violence in the European Union’, Project INSIGHT Research Report, Flemish Peace Institute (December 2023)
- Maletta, G., Seeking a Responsible Arms Trade to Reduce Human Suffering in Yemen, The International Spectator, Italian Journal of International Affairs (Feb 2021)
- Maletta, G. and Robin, L., Mapping development assistance to small arms control: why does it matter?, Development Matters, OECD (November 2020)
- Bauer, S., Bromley M., Maletta, G., The further developments of the EU Common Position on arms exports, External Study, Directorate General for External Policy, European Parliament, Brussels (July 2018)
- Bauer, S., Bromley M., Maletta, G., The implementation of the EU arms export control system, Workshop Summary Report, Directorate General for External Policy, European Parliament, Brussels (May 2017)
- Maletta, G., 'EU debates on WMD-related policies' in Literature Review for the Policy and Operations Evaluations Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB: The Hague), pp 156-170 (2017)
- Maletta, G., 'EU technical and financial support for security-related multilateral organizations such as the OPCW and the IAEA' in Literature Review for the Policy and Operations Evaluations Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB: The Hague), pp 173-187 (2017)