Biography
Elisa Randazzo is Fellow in Conflict Studies. She obtained her PhD in 2015 from the University of Westminster, where she also completed a Post Graduate certification in Supporting Learning, in 2010. She has previously taught at the University of Westminster, London and at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo, where she led a summer school on intervention and statebuilding. She is currently Deputy Blogs Editor at E-International Relations and has published her work in international peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. She has presented her work at major international conferences such as International Studies Association annual conference, the PRIO regional conference on South Eastern Europe, and at the International Security strand of the regional ISA-APSA conference.
Research Interests
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Peace-building
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State-building
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Kosovo
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Ethnic Conflict
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Conflict Analysis
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Humanitarian Intervention
Teaching Responsibilities
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GV4G4: Comparative Conflict Analysis (MT)
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GV4C2: Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism
Publications
Book Chapters:
Randazzo, E. (2015) “Changing Approaches to State-Building: The Politics of Crisis and the Crisis of Politics” in Politics in Crisis? by Marie Paxton, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya and Jana Jonasova (eds) Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Randazzo, E. (forthcoming, 2015) “ International Relations” in A Handbook of Political Science by Martin Berishaj and Sabri Kicmari (eds) Pristina, Kosovo: University of Pristina Press
Articles:
'The paradoxes of the ‘everyday’: scrutinising the local turn in peace building' Third World Quarterly, (2016)
'Paths to Peace: Local Ownership Beyond the Liberal Impasse' International Peacekeeping. 21(3) (2014)
'Multiculturalism and Ethnic Conflict Management in Kosovo: The Process of Decentralisation' (co-authored with Pol Bargués-Pedreny) Journal of Global Intelligence and Policy. 5(8), 2012.
'Peacebuilding in Kosovo and the Narrow Narrative of Multiculturalism' (co-authored with Pol Bargués-Pedreny) Western Balkans Policy Review, 2(2), 2012.
‘Kosovo: Independence or Empty Sovereignty?’ Western Balkans Policy Review, 1(1), 2010