Auteur: Silvia D. Amato

Silvia D’Amato is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at Leiden University (The Netherlands), part of the research groups Terrorism and Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice. Prior to joining Leiden University, she was Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute as well as Adjunct Professor and interim Academic Coordinator for the James Madison University MA EUPS Program in Florence. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Scuola Normale Superiore.  Matteo Dian is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy). Previously, he held research and teaching positions at the University of Bologna, University of Oxford, London School of Economics and Political Science, the European University Institute and Ca » Foscari University in Venice. He earned his Ph.D. at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence. Alessandra Russo is Associate Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Trento (Italy). She held postdoctoral research positions in Italy, France, and Belgium and have been awarded two personal grants for carrying out multi-year research projects, respectively, on “International Determinants in the Production of Regional Counter-crime Norms, Policies and Practices” and “Countering Terrorism, Radicalisation, Extremism: EU’s Schemes and Local Responses”. She is the co-chair of the Standing Group on Russia and the Post-Soviet Space of the Italian Political Science Association.