Nicolò Miotto currently works at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and is also pursuing a PhD at the University of Vienna. Prior to joining UNOOSA, he worked at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) and at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Nicolò is the winner of the 2021 OSCE–IFSH Essay Competition on “Conventional Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.” His essay explores the potential application of blockchain technology to improve conventional arms control. He is also one of the winners of the fourth edition of the IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali) Prize “Young Talents for Italy, Europe and the World.”
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Trieste, Italy. He received a Master’s degree in Intelligence, Security and Strategic Studies (IMSISS) from the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), Dublin City University (Ireland), and Charles University (Czech Republic).
Nicolò’s research interests include space security, arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, and terrorism and violent extremism. His research has been published in the Journal for Deradicalisation, the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, and Critical Sociology.
