Role
Affiliate Associate Professor of Political Science at James Madison University (JMU) , Academic Coordinator of the MA European Union Policy Studies program in Florence, and Secretary General of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS) .
Bio
Silvia D'Amato earned a Bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of Florence and a Master's degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Bologna (Forlì campus). She subsequently earned a PhD in Political Science from the Scuola Normale Superiore with honors and publication honors. After being involved as a research fellow in the H2020 REPOND research project at the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Florence, she has been a Max Fellow at the European University Institute since 2018 and an Adjunct Professor at James Madison University and the University of Bologna. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Terrorism and Political Violence (TPV) research group at Leiden University .
Silvia D'Amato's master's degree in International Relations focused on forms of political violence, particularly civil wars in West Africa. During her doctoral studies, she subsequently specialized in the dynamics of terrorism and counterterrorism responses, particularly in Europe. Her primary research areas include international politics, terrorism and counterterrorism, foreign policy, and military interventions.