Adrian Florea
aflorea.bsky.social
Adrian Florea
@aflorea.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Indiana University PhD. Civil war. Separatism. De facto states. Rebel governance. War and state (un)making. Data. RT#endorsement. aflorea.weebly.com
En route from APSA to CRS and very excited that @reyhuang.bsky.social and my joint work on 'functional sovereignty' is out open-access at @isq-jrnl.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Functional Sovereignty in Contested Territories
Abstract. Scholarship on international sovereignty generally adopts a binary conception: territories either have international recognition, or they lack it
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September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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If you know of recent PhDs/postdocs with interest in quant. (ideally mixed-method) research on pol violence/repression/armed actors PLEASE direct them to me! Am looking to appoint Humboldt Fellows to work with me for a year. Esp looking for ppl from Global South. No German citizens/German degree.
October 13, 2023 at 11:01 AM
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📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀

conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...
Call for papers 2025 - CRS
Call for papers 2025 CRS
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November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
What might explain in/stability in the aftermath of rebel victories? Check out our newly published piece in @risjnl.bsky.social #Conflictsky
🚨New First View Article🚨

"‘Rethinking rebel victory in civil war" by Enrique Wedgwood Young & Adrian Florea is now available on first view on our website!

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January 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
With rebels emerging victorious in Syria, allow me to highlight two excellent PhD projects recently completed at Glasgow under my supervision by Stephen R Powell and Enrique W Young (neither of whom is on this platform, yet).
December 8, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Glad to see this piece out at International Studies Review: doi.org/10.1093/isr/.... Romain and I are grateful for all feedback received on previous versions. #polisky #conflictsky
February 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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IO has revised its policies regarding word limits: we no longer include references/works cited as part of the word count.

See our full submission guidelines here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Sukanya Podder (KCL) and I are organizing a Rebel Governance Section at this year’s EISA Conference, 27-31 Aug 2024, Lille. Abstract/s can be submitted at: pec2024.eisa-net.org/abstract-sub... (please make sure to select Section S14, “Rebel Governance and Legitimacy”). #polisky #conflictsky
February 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM