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...
Margherita Belgioioso,
PhD
Associate Professor of Quantitative
International Relations
School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Associate Professor of Quantitative International Relations
School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Margherita Belgioioso
School of Politics and International Studies
University of Leeds
Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Research Projects
“Former Extremists” as Practitioners in Preventing Violent Extremism (IF-PRAC)”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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...
ERSC Large Grants
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, Political Settlements, and Societal Unrest: Implications for the Green Transition (with Newman).





