Dr. Riccardo Pelizzo, NU GSPP Professor & Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, is ranked among the top 3 economists in Kazakhstan for publications over the last 10 years, according to IDEAS, the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics.

Congratulations, Dr. Pelizzo!

Dr Pelizzo is an internationally recognized political development specialist.
Dr Pelizzo’s research focuses on issues of political development, institutional reform and institutional performance in developing countries. After designing measures and benchmarks for assessing parliaments’ capacity and performance, he is currently devising several diagnostic tools to measure political stability and other dimensions of good governance.