Michele Alacevich is an Associate Professor of Economic History and the History of Economic Thought at Bologna University. He earned his Ph.D. in international business history from Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (2006). His Ph.D. thesis on the political economy of the World Bank was published by Stanford University Press (2009) and translated in Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, and Russian. Other publications on the history of postwar development ideas and organizations have appeared in international peer-reviewed journals, including History of Political Economy, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Global History, Development, Rivista di Storia Economica, The Journal of Modern Italian Studies, and the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. In the past, Dr. Alacevich has taught history of development ideas, U.S. foreign relations, international economic history, and the history of international organizations.
After defending his Ph.D. thesis, Dr. Alacevich was hired by the World Bank (2006-2008) to conduct historical research on the economic policies of borrowing countries, the influence of Bank economists on these policies, and the Bank’s organizational changes. From there, he moved to post-doc positions at Columbia University and Harvard University. At Columbia, Dr. Alacevich was Associate Research Scholar at the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the History Department of Columbia University. Between 2014 and 2016 Dr. Alacevich was Assistant Professor and Director of Global Studies at Loyola University Baltimore.