I am currently a PhD student at the Institute of Economics and Social Research (IRES) of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) under the supervision of Prof. Joseph Gomes. I am currently funded with the FRESH doctoral grant by Le Fond de La Recherche Scientifique (FNRS).

This coming September, I will start as an Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Navarra and as a Research Fellow at the Navarra Center for International Development. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of Political Economy and Development Economics, with a focus on how cultural distance influences outcomes such as participation in the global economy and social identification. I am also particularly engaged in studying conflict dynamics within sub-Saharan Africa. 

You can find my CV here: CV ; contact me at: diego.malorico@uclouvain.be; and follow me on Twitter or Bluesky.