Laura Berlingozzi
lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social
Laura Berlingozzi
@lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social
Researching security politics | Sahel | Mali | Niger | insurgencies | gender |
Post-doc researcher at @SantAnnaPisa
Out now! Proud to share our article in TPV with Luca Raineri & Abdoul W. Cissé
We trace how deradicalization travels across a transnational field of practice in #Algeria #Mauritania #Morocco #Niger, and how meanings are translated, adapted & localized
👉 Read here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6CUDQ...
What Is Deradicalization? Translating Security Practices in the Maghreb and the Sahel
While deradicalization programmes have proliferated globally, the concept of deradicalization remains contested. Instead of putting forward yet another abstract definition, whose universal acceptan...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Reposted by Laura Berlingozzi
left Conakry after with field research with @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social - many thanks to all those who helped and contributed!
October 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When military strategies fail — what comes next? I spoke with @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on #WhatsUnsaid about the #Sahel, shifting red lines, and why talking to jihadists isn't such a radical idea
Thanks for having me @obianyadike.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...
What’s Unsaid | Should we talk to the jihadists?
After a decade of fighting jihadist groups in the Sahel, a researcher detects a “timid openness” to dialogue by the region’s military governments.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
May 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Laura Berlingozzi
ICYMI: Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger by Adam Sandor and Laura Berlingozzi @adamsandor.bsky.social @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social

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May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📣 How is religion reshaping political violence, legitimacy & peace in today’s conflicts?
Join our Panel 13.7 at #SISP2025 (🌞Naples, Sept 4–9):
"Futures of Religion and Political Violence"
Chairs: @EdoardoBaldaro & I
Submit your paper here 👉https://www.sisp.it/en/conference-2025/call-for-papers-2025
May 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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New in Geopolitics: Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger by Adam Sandor and Laura Berlingozzi @adamsandor.bsky.social @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social

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May 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
With Marta Cavallaro, we explore "Can dialogue with jihadist groups bring peace to the Sahel?" www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social

NIJAR Project "Negotiating with Islamist and jihadi armed groups: practices, discourses and mechanisms across Asia and Africa"
Can dialogue with jihadist groups bring peace to the Sahel?
Warfighting has only deepened wounds, hardened divides, and fuelled new insurgencies – a rethink is long overdue.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
May 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Laura Berlingozzi
This is a really important piece by @adamsandor.bsky.social and Laura Berlingozzi on the deeply ambiguous role of civil society under military rule in Burkina Faso and Niger.
Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger
Recent shifts in the international security partnerships of several Sahelian countries have become a matter of fierce public debate. This article analyzes the link between geopolitical imaginaries,...
www.tandfonline.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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How do civil society actors in the Central hashtag#Sahel shape their governments' foreign policies and geopolitics? @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social and I examine this question with regard to current politics in #Niger and #Burkina Faso. 1/x

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Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger
Recent shifts in the international security partnerships of several Sahelian countries have become a matter of fierce public debate. This article analyzes the link between geopolitical imaginaries,...
www.tandfonline.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM