Aldo Ferrari

Aldo Ferrari is a Full Professor at the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He holds key roles including Director of the Master in Strategic Studies and International Security, Coordinator of the Observatory of International Relations and Politics (OPRI), and Member of the Senatorial Commission for institutional relations with non-European countries.

His research focuses on Modern Armenian history, Caucasus and Central Asian geopolitics, and Russian cultural and political dynamics. He contributes to editorial boards of journals like Caucasica and Annali di Ca’ Foscari, and leads research projects on Eurasian political economy and post-Soviet space dynamics.

Ferrari has conducted funded research on topics such as China in Central Asia, EU-Russia relations, and Putin’s Russia. He is fluent in Russian, Armenian, English, French, and Spanish, with advanced proficiency in academic writing across these languages.

His teaching spans courses on Eurasian modern history, Armenian literature, and Contemporary Caucasus studies at undergraduate and master’s levels. He is based at Ca’ Cappello campus and accessible via email.