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Education

2005. PhD, School of Politics and International Studies, Queen's University of Belfast.

2000. B.S.Sc Faculty of Political Science, Univeristà degli Studi di Bologna.

Academic Positions

Since 2014 Assistant Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore.

2013-2014 Research Fellow "Processes of Disengagement from Political Violence: A Contentious Politics Approach" directed by Donatella Della Porta, Dept. of Political and Social Science, EUI.

2011-2013 Research Fellow, "Caught in the act of protest: Contextualizing Contestation" directed by Donatella della Porta, Dept. of Political and Social Science, EUI.

2009-2011 Marie Curie Fellow  (FP7-PEOPLE-2008-IEF), Dept. of Political and Social Science, EUI.

2008-2009 Research Assistant "Local and global contention: the radicalization of conflicts around religious issues. A comparison of two middle-size cities in Italy". Funded by Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalization (CIR), Dept. of Political and Social Science, EUI.

2007-2008 Jean Monnet Fellowship, Robert Schuman Centre, EUI.

2006-2007 ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent)