Irene Costantini

Expert in international relations, conflict management, Iraq and Libya

Role

Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Human and Social Sciences at the University of Naples L'Orientale.

Bio

She graduated cum laude in Oriental Languages and Civilizations from Sapienza University of Rome in 2010, obtained a Master's degree in Development Studies from SOAS University of London in 2011, and a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento in 2015. After her PhD, she carried out research at the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit of the University of York and the Middle East Research Institute in Erbil, Iraq.

He has also conducted research and teaching at the University of Bologna and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs. His research focuses on international relations , the politics of international intervention in conflict-affected contexts, and post-conflict transition processes, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa, especially Iraq and Libya.

Since 2023, he has been a Fellow of the Folke Bernadotte Academy. At L'Orientale, he teaches, among other topics, International Security and Regional and Global Governance.