Food security & political power
ITALIM and CIPFS-linked research on food weaponization, political instability, and conflict prevention in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Andrea Novellis
I am a political scientist working on civil wars, rebel governance, and post-conflict political orders. My research combines fieldwork and comparative analysis across Kurdistan, Sri Lanka, and the wider Middle East, with current work on food security, political risk, and early warning.
Current projects
Early warning & political risk
How institutional filters shape crisis recognition, with research on Sri Lanka and Israel–Palestine.
Rebel governance
How armed actors build political authority, cooperate, and transform into party organisations during and after civil war.
Research focus
Conflict & post-conflict political orders
Civil wars, rebel governance, and institutions of de facto authorities, with a regional focus on Kurdistan and Sri Lanka.
Go to Research →Early warning & political risk
Crisis recognition, institutional filters, and failure points in conflict-affected settings.
Go to Research →Food security & conflict
ITALIM and CIPFS-linked research on food weaponization and the conflict–food insecurity nexus in the Middle East and North Africa.
Go to Research →Selected work
Recent publications
Recent policy and public writing
Contact
Email: andrea.novellis [at] unior.it
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