Andrea Bartoli, Ph.D.

School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Andrea Bartoli, an international conflict resolution expert who has served in key academic and diplomatic positions for more than two decades, served as the dean of the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University from 2013 to 2019. During Bartoli's six years as dean, he led the creation of multiple research centers, hosted several global leaders to speak on campus and strengthened the school's close ties with the United Nations Association, among other important work. Prior to his appointment, Bartoli served as dean of George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR).

Prior to joining the S-CAR faculty, Bartoli founded and directed the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where he remains a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute on War and Peace Studies. He also served as chair of the Columbia University Seminar on Conflict Resolution and launched its master’s program in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. A highly collaborative scholar, Bartoli has a record of publishing with colleagues and students. His primary research endeavors have been related to genocide prevention and international conflict resolution.

Bartoli's international portfolio spans more than two decades and four continents. He has served as the Permanent Representative of the Community of Sant'Egidio to the United Nations and the United States since 1992. In this role he has been involved in many successful diplomatic activities. He has served in numerous peacemaking processes including in Mozambique (1990–1992), Guatemala (1995), Algeria (1995), Kosovo (1998), Burundi (1999-2000), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1996-current) and Casamance (1994- current). Bartoli has also been a participant in the U.S. State Department's testimony on Religious Persecution Abroad before Congress and was a member of the Department of State’s Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group in 2012.

Bartoli oversaw the development and implementation of CICR and S-CAR's interventions in Burma/Myanmar, East Timor, Colombia, Iraq and the African Great Lakes Region. He has worked for and collaborated with both public- and private-sector partners such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the Global Coalition to Prevent Armed Conflicts, the Ford Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the European Union, Parliamentarians for Global Action as well as for the governments of Norway, East Timor, Portugal, Sweden, Poland and Switzerland.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology from the University of Rome and his research doctorate degree from the University of Milan.