Emilio Cocco

Emilio Cocco is a Professor and sociologist of international relations at the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Teramo, where he teaches Globalisation and International Development, and at the American University of Rome, where he teaches in the Media Program and in the Food Studies Program. His research interests revolve around the sociology of borders and frontiers, with a particular focus on the Balkans and the Mediterranean region. He is also engaged in sociological investigations of the oceans and of maritime spaces.