Alana Moceri

Alana Moceri is an international relations analyst, writer, and professor at the IE School of Global and Public Affairs. She has earned a reputation for distilling complex international trends and events to their core causes and practical impacts, guiding her students, readers, and viewers to understand the why, how, and what next of our interconnected world

Ms. Moceri’s main areas of expertise are politics and communication in the U.S., the EU, and Spain, including public diplomacy, global governance, electoral campaigns, public opinion, disinformation campaigns and grassroots and transnational activism. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she is a regular contributor to World Politics Review, Spain’s leading daily newspaper El País, and top foreign affairs publication esglobal, among others and her work has been featured in Fareed Zakaria’s Global Briefing newsletter. Ms. Moceri has also appeared on numerous TV and radio programs around the world, including Sky News, Television Española (TVE), Tele5, La Sexta, RT and VIVOplay. She has given a TEDx talk titled “Journalism for Action”, is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and was recognized by the UCLA Alumni Association’s ‘Excellence in Action’ series.

Ms. Moceri works in Madrid, Spain as a professor at IE School of Global and Public Affairs and has given guest lectures and seminars in Spain, the U.S. and Germany. She holds a BA in Political Science from UCLA, a master’s degree in Politics and Democracy from UNED and is currently pursuing her PhD. She has worked both as a paid professional and as a volunteer on political and non-profit campaigns, including Barack Obama’s ground-breaking presidential run in 2008. She founded Democrats Abroad Spain, which she led for five years and currently serves on the board of directors of THRibune, Tribune for Human Rights.