Diego Telias has his PhD in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (area of specialization: International Relations) with a dissertation entitled “Strategies towards a great power: small states’ positions to China's core interests.” He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Universidad ORT Uruguay and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Universidad de la República (UdelaR), with an exchange term at the University of Minnesota.
He is currently Deputy Director of the Department of International Studies at Universidad ORT Uruguay and coordinator of the East Asia Research Group. He teaches the courses “Political and Economic Evolution of East Asia,” “Contemporary International System,” and “Regional Integration” at Universidad ORT Uruguay. He has also taught courses at FLACSO Argentina and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. At the latter, he is an academic collaborator at the Center for Asian Studies and an associate researcher at the Millennium Nucleus ICLAC – Impacts of China in Latin America. He also served as Assistant Editor (2019–2023) of the Revista de Ciencia Política (ICP-Chile).His research interests include foreign policy analysis, East Asian international relations, China–Latin America relations, and Latin America–East Asia relations. He has published in Democratization, International Spectator, Journal of Chinese Current Affairs, Asian Education and Development Studies, Estudos Internacionais, Revista UNISCI, Estudios Internacionales (Santiago), and Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política.Diego Telias will be a visiting scholar at Fudan Development Institute from December 8, 2025 to January 10, 2026.
