Dr. Silvia D’Amato is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), part of the research groups Terrorism and Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice.

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Dr. Silvia D’Amato is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), 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 Programme in Florence. She holds a Ph.D. (cum laude) in Political Science from the Scuola Normale Superiore and she has been Post-Doctoral fellow within the H2020 project RESPOND at University of Florence. Her research interests include terrorism and counterterrorism, international politics, military interventions and comparative counterterrorism strategies. She is the author of the book Cultures of Counterterrorism: the French and Italian response to terrorism after 9/11, Routledge.

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