Diane Zovighian is an Affiliated Professor at IBEI, where she co-teaches a class on Security and Development in Africa and teaches a seminar on Institutions, Politics and Development. A political scientist, she works as a senior consultant for the World Bank and UN agencies, where she provides analysis and technical support on public governance issues and the political economy of reform in developing countries. She has field experience in several Middle Eastern and African countries, including Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Egypt.

Diane holds a  PhD in Government from Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA) and a Masters in Political Science from Sciences Po (Paris, France).