Ana Alves

Ana Cristina Alves is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.

She holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE-UK, 2012). She was previsously Assistant Professor at the School of Social Sciences - Nanyang Technological University (NTU-Singapore, 2014-2021), Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (Johannesburg 2010-2014), and assistant lecturer at the School of Political and Social Sciences - Technical University of Lisbon (ISCSP-UTL, Portugal 2000-2010).

Her research sits at the intersection of Foreign Policy, International Political Economy and Development studies, with a focus on China’s economic statecraft in Africa and its geopolitical and developmental impact on the continent. Her recent publications include: ‘China’s BRI Development Agency in its own words: a content analysis of key policy documents’ (World Development, 2022) and ‘ Knowledge Transfer in the Global South: reusing or creating knowledge in China’s special economic zones in Ethiopia and Cambodia?’ (Global Policy, 2022).