Margherita Belgioioso,

PhD

Associate Professor of Quantitative
International Relations

School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds

Margherita Belgioioso, PhD

School of Politics and International Studies
University of Leeds
Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT UK

Research Projects

Past Projects

“Former Extremists” as Practitioners in Preventing Violent Extremism (IF-PRAC)”

Past Projects, Research Projects

The involvement of ‘former extremists’ as practitioners and messengers in countering and preventing violent extremism (C/PVE) has expanded as a global practice. It has potentially significant rewards for PVE but has presented challenges due to uneven practices:...

“Experimental surveys in civil war: Rebel Tactics, Public Support and the Upcoming Phase of the Peace Talks in Southern Thailand”

Past Projects, Research Projects

This project received funding in 2019 from the Global Lives Research Centre (£7,500), in 2021 from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholar Award (£ 28,850), and in 2023 from the Institute of Humane Studies (£2,000). As part of this project, I hired...

“The Pattani civil resistance movement in Southern Thailand: Trends and Determinants of Nonviolent Civil Resistance in the midst of Civil war”

Past Projects, Research Projects

2019. Global Challenges (£ 9,066). This project allowed me to establish a tight cohort of collaborators in the conflict-affected territories of southern Thailand including Deep South Watch with whom I run two survey experiments. Pattani-Civil-resistance-Thailand

“The Choice of Terrorism in Conflict and the Outcomes of Mixed Methods of Dissent”

Past Projects, Research Projects

This project received funding from multiple sources, including the Economic and Social Research Council Advanced Quantitative Methods PhD Award (2015 £79,811), the Economic and Social Research Council Multidisciplinary Funding Competition (2015 £10,405.00), the...

“The Political Economy & Political Science Symposium”

Past Projects, Research Projects, Uncategorized

2019. Royal Economic Society (£2,500) and the Institute for Research in Market Imperfections (£4,600). I ran several in-house workshops and established a research group on Economics and Conflict that contributed to the strategic direction of research and innovation...

Work in Progress

ERC Starting Grant. Civil Resistance for Peace Processes CR4PP

Research Projects, Work in Progress

Countries emerging from civil war face substantial challenges in establishing lasting peace after periods of intense violence. If the root causes of conflict are not effectively addressed, civil wars often reignite, leading to devastating consequences. Academic...

ERSC Large Grants

Research Projects, Work in Progress

Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, Political Settlements, and Societal Unrest: Implications for the Green Transition (with Newman).

Additional Prizes and Grants

2022-23. SIR fund ‘impact trip to Thailand’ (£ 2,157.36)
2022-23. SIR fund ‘non-violence and conflict transformation’ (£ 5,000)
2023. Institute for Humane Studies ‘‘Rebel Tactics, Local Public Support Impact Trip’ (£ 2,000.00)
2019. Global Challenges at Kent. ‘The Pattani civil resistance movement in Sothern Thailand: Trends and Determinants of Nonviolent Civil Resistance in the midst of Civil war’ (£ 9,066.63)
2019. Royal Economic Society. Political Economy & Political Science (PEPS) Symposium (£ 6,500.00)
2019. Institute for Research in Market Imperfections and Public Policy (MiPP). Political Economy & Political Science (PEPS) Symposium (£ 7.600.00)
2019. Global Lives Research Center Development Grant Rebel groups’ inclusion in peace processes and negotiated settlements. Brunel University London’ (£ 2,500.00)
2018. Research Development Fund for the project ‘Deprivation, Welfare, and Extremism in the UK: a Spatial Big Data Study. Brunel University London’ (£ 3,000.00)
2018. Cedric Smith Prize 2018, Conflict Research Society. (£1,800.00)
2017. Economic and Social Research Council, Oversea Institutional Visit Competition (£ 3,965.00)
2016. Economic and Social Research Council, ‘Multidisciplinary Funding Competition, for workshop on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Conflict”, University of Essex (with Baris Ari, Tobias Böhmelt, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch) (£ 7,975.00)
2016. International Study Association Travel Grant, to attend the meetings in Atlanta and Baltimore, USA (£ 718.00)
2015. Economic and Social Research Council, ‘Multidisciplinary Funding Competition’ funding for ‘Uppsala-Essex PhD Conflict Workshop’ (£ 2,430.00)
2014. Economic and Social Research Council, PhD full scholarship for “The Choice of Terrorism in Conflict and the Outcomes of Mixed Methods of Dissent” (£ 79,811,00)

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