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andreanovellis.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University L'Orientale of Naples Now focus on EWS and international organizations Also: Rebel governance, power-sharing and ethnonationalism Focus on Sri Lanka, Kurdish issue, Syria, Turkey
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That is, the PKK confirms it's ready for a new peace process. Unclear though how will Turkey build trust during the process considering its increasingly heavy crackdown on the Kurdish party DEM-run municipalities and the unprecedented targeting of those CHP municipalities elected with Kurdish votes

"They estimated 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury during this period, about 41% higher than the official Palestinian Health Ministry count. The study said 59.1% were women, children and people over the age of 65. It did not provide an estimate of Palestinian combatants among the dead."

🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the CRS Annual Conference 2025! 📍 Location: University of Kent 🗓️ Dates: 17-19 September 2025 🖋️ Deadline: Submit abstracts by 31 January 2025 Take part in shaping the future of peace and conflict research!

Are you a PhD candidate studying political violence? Consider applying for the HFG Emerging Scholar award. $25k toward finishing up your diss. Deadline: 1 Feb. Details/Apply: www.hfg.org/emerging-sch...

Reading a 2020 COAR report on Qamishli in Northeast Syria. Of all the recent developments in Syria, I’ve yet to read anything about how the collapse of Assad’s regime will impact Rojava’s governance capabilities.

Excited to announce my book is out with @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social! It provides a primer on wartime displacement (an issue that is, sadly, urgent and timely) and examines how, when, and why armed groups strategically displace civilians, drawing on fieldwork in Uganda, Syria, and elsewhere. 1/

Also coterminous with the worst anti-Muslim riots in the history of Sri Lanka in 2014, & again in a more violent manner early 2018, enabled by Meta’s app/platform stack. Lost count of calls with company where staff leading product dev had no clue, because they joined after it made NYT headlines.

From @jhollandmccowan PhD thesis, on the understanding between the YPG and the US. Although it seems to me that the US has never publicly expressed this stance

Journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin shot while covering war in Syria Daştan and Bilgin lost their lives in a drone strike targeting their vehicle on 19 December. The journalists had been monitoring events in Karakozak since December 8. 🔗 bianet.org/haber/gazete...

For early-career conflict researchers: the ESOC Mentorship Program is open! It provides fellows working on conflict with individual mentors, campus engagement with them, and professional development, including attending an ESOC meeting. More details here: esoc.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

Call for Papers! 🗣️ Informality as a Methodological Approach: Crises, Conflicts, Governance, and the Everyday Deadline: Jan 5, 2025 Where: Naples, Italy #informality #governance #crises #conflict #methodology #cfp #academictwitter

New mapping of Israeli attacks on Beirut. The mapping done by Beirut Urban Lab shows that Beirut's southern suburbs, Dahiya, have been the target of 186 Israeli announced strikes, demolishing at least 262 buildings between 27 September and 17 November 2024. beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

My contributions to Groundviews on Sri Lanka and other topics groundviews.org/author/andre...

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**Crossings and contaminations. Practices, languages and politics in transit in the Middle East and North Africa** The CfP for the upcoming SeSaMO (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies) conference (Cagliari, 3-5 Oct 2024) is out. Deadline: 7 May t.co/J52ummFInR

**Crossings and contaminations. Practices, languages and politics in transit in the Middle East and North Africa** The CfP for the upcoming SeSaMO (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies) conference (Cagliari, 3-5 Oct 2024) is out. Deadline: 7 May t.co/J52ummFInR

Hi all, I have an abstract for a research on rebel groups negotiations (between the Syrian Kurdish groups), but it was rejected from two conferences. I'm not sure of how to improve it. Is there any conflict research expert who could give me some feedback? I'd really appreciate the help! Conflictsky

I just moved to Zotero and I'm impressed by how easy to use is. I wasted so much time all these years trying to deal with Mendeley. Highly recommended to everyone! Academics of bluesky: what was the small change that improved your daily work?

📢 conflictsky Intsec Intlaw IRtheory 🌐 A week left to submit a paper abstract for a BISA 2024 panel on statehood, sovereignty & conflict, organised by Nick Barker and I. If interested, please ✉️ an abstract of 200 words to [email protected] & [email protected] by 1 Nov. Thanks for Reposting.

Hi all, I'm looking for literature on ethno-nationalist policies in post-conflict societies, any recommendations? Also, any must read on the topic of illiberal peace? Polisky Conflictsky

Hi all, I'm looking for literature on ethno-nationalist policies in post-conflict societies, any recommendations? Also, any must read on the topic of illiberal peace? Polisky Conflictsky