Since 09/2016: Lecturer in Politics & International Relations, Department of Politics, History & International Relations, Loughborough University
05/2014 - 08/2016: Postdoctoral research fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2013 - 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Political Sciences, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria. Responsible for the African case studies of the REGIOCONF project
2012 - present: Associated researcher, University of Milan, project “The economic, social and political consequences of democratic reforms. A quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis” (COD)
2011 - 2012: Electoral Advisor, United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)
2010: Long-Term Electoral Observer (LTO), Carter Center Electoral Observation Mission in Côte d’Ivoire
2009: Intern, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) section, United Nations, Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Education: PhD, University of Florence. Title of dissertation: Peacekeepers and Patriots: Nationalisms and Peacemaking in Côte d’Ivoire (2002 - 2011); field research in Côte d’Ivoire and France; Visiting PhD student, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews and Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
Current Research
The ‘victor’s peace’ and post-conflict reconstruction in comparative perspective
Regionalism and conflict transformation in West Africa
Voter registration, democracy and statebuilding in West Africa
