Dr. Derek Lutterbeck
Deputy Director, Holder of the Swiss Chair and Lecturer in International History
Dr. Derek Lutterbeck joined MEDAC in 2006 as Deputy Director and Holder of the
Swiss Chair. Previously he was at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). He
has also worked as a consultant for the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of
Armed Forces (DCAF), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), and the
International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Derek Lutterbeck earned a Masters and Ph.D in Political Science from the Graduate
Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (HEID), as well as a
Masters Degree in Law from the University of Zürich. In 1999, he was awarded the
Prix Arditi in International Relations from the Arditi Foundation in Geneva.
In recent years, his research has focused primarily on migration as well as security
and security sector reform issues in the Euro-Mediterranean region. His teaching
interests also include 20th century international history. He has published articles in
journals such as Armed Forces and Society, Mediterranean Politics, Mediterranean
Quarterly, the Journal of North African Studies, Contemporary Security Policy,
European Security, Sicherheit und Frieden, Cooperation and Conflict, and the
European Journal of International Relations.
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC), University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, MALTA
Tel: +356 23402821
Fax: +356 21483091
E-mail: derek.lutterbeck@um.edu.mt