Hello and welcome!
I just completed my PhD in the International Relations Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where I currently am a Fellow, and I am currently on the 2024-2025 job market. I am also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
My research interests lie at the intersection of the Comparative Politics, International Security, and International Development sub-fields, and my work has thus far centered on non-violent responses to conflict and the political economy of aid, displacement and migration, and social protection programs. The research agenda I aim to pursue advances my current work on humanitarian interventions with the aim of identifying policy solutions to distributive politics, but also seeks to advance pressing questions about authoritarian processes and climate resilience. While much of my prior research has focused on sub-Saharan Africa, this is largely a product of my franco-anglo bilingualism and does not reflect a singular regional interest. I consider my expertise to be thematic and am merely interested in researching contexts where they have applicability. For a more detailed synopsis of my professional experience and research, please see my About page.
Please feel free to get in touch by email at a.c.della-guardia@lse.ac.uk. NB: LSE adds a hyphen to my surname when there is none, and if you are kindly wondering about pronunciation, it’s Gua (as in guava)-r-dee-uh (as in up).