Before coming to the University of Oxford, Giaccomo was a researcher at the Peruvian Think Tank, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) and a professor of Political Science at the Universidad del Pacífico (UP) in Lima. He is a co-author with Dr. Francisco Sagasti & Mrs. Lucía Málaga of ‘Gobernar en tiempos de crisis’, published in July 2023 by the Editorial Planeta.
During the government of Emergency and Transition (2020-2021), Giaccomo worked as the Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Peru, Francisco Sagasti.
He holds a MSc from the University College London (UCL) in International Public Policy and a BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading.