Conferences & seminars – Andrea Novellis

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Conference presentations

2025 — “Evaluating Early Warning Systems in Policy-Driven Crises: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s Crisis”, IPSA World Congress, Seoul (South Korea).
2025 — “Earning, Allocating, Providing: The Financial and Budget Management of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria”, 2nd International Kurdish Studies Conference, LSE, London (UK).
2025 — “A House Divided Against Itself? Ideology, Trust, and the Limits of Kurdish Cooperation in the Syrian Civil War”, 4th International Kurdish Studies Conference, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Hewler (Iraq).
2025 — “The Gaza Crisis and the Limitations of Predictive Systems in Protracted Conflict”, Conflict Research Society Conference, University of Kent (UK).
2025 — “The Failure of Israeli Early Warning on October 7: What Lies Behind It?”, SISP Conference, Università Federico II, Naples (Italy).
2024 — “Syrian Kurdish Alliance Politics: Examining the PYD–KNC Wartime Negotiations Through a Multi-Actor Lens”, SISP Conference, University of Trieste (Italy).
2024 — “From Rebellion to Realpolitik: The JVP’s Role in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka”, Conflict Research Society Conference, University of Edinburgh (UK).
2024 — “A Community Reimagined: The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Shaping of Muslim Identity”, Maydan–SeSaMO Conference, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).
2023 — “Beyond the Battlefield: Alliance Formation and Governance Strategies in the Syrian Civil War”, SISP Conference, University of Genoa (Italy).
2023 — “Displacement in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Shaqlawa’s Christians in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”, Conflict Research Society Conference, King’s College London (UK).
2023 — “Alliance Formation and Rebel Co-Governance in North-East Syria: The Case of the PYD and the Syriac Union Party”, ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague (Czechia).
2023 — “Alliance Formation and Rebel Co-Governance in North-East Syria: A Case Study of the PYD and the Syriac Union Party”, International Relations Standing Group (SISP), University of Catania (Italy).
2022 — “Do Rebel Groups Create Power-Sharing Institutions During Civil Wars?”, Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict Standing Group Workshop (ECPR), Online.
2022 — “Unlikely Alliances: Rebel Governance and Power-Sharing During Civil Wars”, Conflict Research Society Conference, Queen’s University Belfast (UK).
2022 — “Fighting or Ruling Together: The Role of Ideology in Rebel Power-Sharing Institutions”, EISA Conference, Panteion University, Athens (Greece).
2022 — “Why Fight When You Can Rule Together? Explaining Hybrid Power-Sharing During Civil Wars”, PSA Conference, University of York (UK).
2021 — “Ruling with Minorities: Rebel Governance and Hybrid Power-Sharing”, ECPR General Conference, Online.
2021 — “Ruling with Minorities: Rebel Governance and Hybrid Power-Sharing”, Conflict Dynamics Workshop, Nuffield College, Oxford (UK).

Panel chair & convening

2024 — Panel: “Turkey Between the Past and Today’s World. Who’s and How’s the Other?”, SeSaMO Conference, University of Cagliari (Italy).
2024 — Panel: “New Directions in Kurdish Studies: Tracing Political, Social, and Cultural Transformations”, SeSaMO Conference, University of Cagliari (Italy).
2024 — Panel: “The Politics of Stabilisation and State Building”, Conflict Research Society Conference, University of Edinburgh (UK).
2022 — Panel: “Kurdish Rojava, Autonomous Administration of North East Syria: Propaganda or Successful Institutional Experiment?”, SeSaMO Conference, University of Naples L’Orientale (Italy).
2022 — Webinar: “Reflectivity and Research Ethics in Conflict Areas. Field Experiences from Kurdistan”, SeSaMO Webinar Series “Research and the Middle East”.

Conference organization

2026 — RISC Study Days, Italian Kurdish Studies Network (RISC), University of Turin (Italy).
2023 — Organizer, International Conference “The Kurds and the Others”, University of Lecce (Italy).