DPIR’s Andrea Ruggeri will feature in the following panel discussions, taking place on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 September:

Friday 9 September, 9:00am – 10:45am

Panel 6.6: International dimensions of civil war: causes and consequences (Session 1)

● Chairs: Andrea Ruggeri, Giuseppe Spatafora
● Discussants: Stefano Costalli, Francesco N. Moro

■ Are civil wars ever civil? The domestic-international nexus and the case of Syria – Francesco Belcastro
■ Beyond Bombs: The Effect of Non-Material Mechanisms of Terrorism on Public Opinion During The 2014 Israel-Gaza War – Scott Singer
■ Closing Windows, Proxy Effectiveness, and Direct Intervention by Foreign Sponsors in Civil War. Evidence from the Italian Intervention in the Spanish Conflict – Giuseppe Spatafora

Friday 9 September, 11:15am – 1:00pm

Panel 6.6: International dimensions of civil war: causes and consequences (Session 2)

● Chairs: Andrea Ruggeri, Giuseppe Spatafora
● Discussants: Francesco N. Moro, Stefano Costalli

■ Insurgency and sanctions: Do economic sanctions against state sponsors work? – Kerim Can Kavakli
■ Sanctuary Lost: Security alignment in contested borderlands and rebel groups’ use of terrorism – Jakob Schram
■ Systemic Instability, Transnational Order Contestation, and the Internationalization of Intrastate Armed Conflict Dyads – Abraham Gertz
■ Trading One Problem for Another? External Military Assistance and Rebels’ Use of Terrorist Tactics in Civil Wars – Vanessa Meie

Saturday 10 September, 9:00am – 10:45am

Panel 6.7: The political science of violent and non-violent mobilization: micro and meso perspectives (Session 1)

● Chairs: Stefano Costalli, Francesco N. Moro
● Discussants: Andrea Ruggeri, Giuseppe Spatafora

■ Beyond Replication: Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data on Mobilisation and Resilience – Florian Kern, Katariina Mustasilta
■ Commitment Problems, Pro-government Militias, and Post-electoral Violence – 1921 Post-electoral Fascist Violence in Italy – Fabio D’Aguanno, Andrea Ruggeri
■ Elite Networks and Ethnic Inclusion in Post-colonial States – Manuel Vogt
■ Ex-Combatant Reintegration: A conceptual framework – Ana Vilhelmina Verdnik

Saturday 10 September, 11:15am – 1:00pm

Panel 6.7: The political science of violent and non-violent mobilization: micro and meso perspectives (Session 2)

● Chairs: Stefano Costalli, Francesco N. Moro
● Discussants: Andrea Ruggeri, Giuseppe Spatafora

■ The Rise and Demise of Intercommunal Coordination in Intrastate War – Amiad Haran Diman
■ Towards Understanding the Rebel Groups’ Participation in the Formal Negotiations of the Peace Negotiation Process – Maria Amjad
■ Unlikely alliances: rebel governance and power sharing negotiations during the Sri Lankan civil war – Andrea Novellis
■ Weapons of the Weak: Insurgent Firepower and Counterinsurgency Outcomes – Costantino Pischedda, Mauro Gilli, Andrea Gilli