I am a Political Scientist, currently Assistant Professor in International Security at Durham University. My research spans two areas: (1) the dynamics of contemporary armed conflict; and (2) the politics of humanitarian assistance. I am the author of the book Armed Groups and the Pursuit of International Legitimacy: Child Soldiers in Intra-State Wars (Routledge, 2021), for which I conducted extensive research among armed groups in Syria and Myanmar. I am also the author of The War on Rescue: The Obstruction of Humanitarian Assistance in the European Migration Crisis (Cornell University Press, 2024).

Additionally, I have worked in the management of humanitarian operations for almost ten years, including in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, DRC, CAR and others.