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Research overview

Article: Maboudi, T. & D’Amico, E. (2024). Vulnerability, Climate Laws, and Adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa. Environmental Policy and Governance.

FORTHCOMING

  • Article: D’Amico, E. (R&R). Unrest in Urbanity: Unraveling the Impact of Economic Shocks on Migration and Urban Dynamics. Review of International Political Economy.
  • Article: D’Amico, E., Melin, M., & Sosa, S. (R&R). No Ex-Combatant Left Behind: Economic Reintegration & the Durability of Peace. Journal of Peace Research.
  • Book Chapter: D’Amico, E. Chapter 4: The National Framework for Peace: Cross-national Instances of Economic Reincorporation in Treaties and their Outcomes. In M. Melin & S. Sosa (Eds.), The Missing Peace: Understanding Private Enterprises in Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Oxford University Press.
  • Book Chapter: Clausen, M. & D’Amico, E. Chapter 7: Reducing Urban Violence: The Case of Chicago. In M. Melin & S. Sosa (Eds.), The Missing Peace: Understanding Private Enterprises in Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Oxford University Press.

UNDER REVIEW

  • Article: D’Amico, E. Balancing the Power: A Comparative Analysis of Hydropower Development and Conflict in the Global Renewable Energy Transition. Global Environmental Politics.
  • Article: D’Amico, E. Resilient by Design: An Investigation of Climate Adaptation Laws in New England. Nature Cities.
  • Article: D’Amico, E. & Maboudi, T. Timing Matters: Analyzing Climate Policies and Adaptive Resilience. Nature Climate Change.
  • Article: D’Amico, E., & Houghton, K. Financial dependencies and conflict resolution: The role of militarized mediators in modern insurgencies. Civil Wars.
  • Article: D’Amico, E. & Maboudi, T. Life, Liberty, and Litigation: The Impact of Environmental Laws and Constitutional Rights on Climate Change Litigation. Journal of Politics.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

  • Book: D’Amico, Elisa A. Turbulent Tides: Climate, Migration, Conflict, and the Quest for Economic Stability. Oxford University Press "Studies in Comparative Energy and Environmental Politics" series, planned.
  • Article: D’Amico, E., Hendrix, C., & Glaser, S. From Ocean Changes to Conflict: Predicting Fishery-Related Militarized Disputes in a Warming World.
  • Article: Peter, M. & D’Amico, E. Conflict Management in a Multipolar World: Identifying the Turning Point.
  • Article: D’Amico, EClimate Quandary: Investigating Causality from Climate Displacement to Unrest.

ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  • Report: D’Amico, E. (2024). Semi-automated Coding for Conflict Mediation Research: Database Development. In Peace Analytics Series. PeaceRep.
  • Policy Brief: D’Amico, E. (2024). How Climate Shocks Impact Rebel Demands and Peace Agreement
    Outcomes. In Peace Analytics Series. PeaceRep
  • Conference Paper: D’Amico, E. & Peter, M. (2024). Enhancing Conflict Mediation Research: Introducing the Innovative Global Peace Actors Database (GLO-PAD). CARMA 2024. Valencia, June 2024.
  • IOM Blog Post: D’Amico, E. (2024). “Stitching a Sustainable Future: Policy for Youth Migration, and Climate in Bangladesh’s Textile Industry” in Blog Series: Youth, Migration, Environment, Climate Change, And Disaster Risk Reduction. IOM UN Migration.
  • Legal Case: D’Amico, E. (2023). Montenegro v. Ashcroft Case Summary. Earth Refuge Legal Database.
  • Op-Ed: D’Amico, E. (2023). Rising Tides and Sudden Surprises: The Two Faces of Climate Displacement. Medium.

Conference Presentations

  • American Political Science Association (APSA)
    • Climate Quandary: Investigating Causality from Climate Displacement to Unrest, Virtual Research Meeting, 2024
    • Unrest in Urbanity: Unraveling the Impact of Economic Shocks on Migration and Urban Dynamics, 2023
    • Vulnerability, Climate Change Laws, and Adaptation in the MENA Region, 2022
  • Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) – Annual Meeting, 2023
    • Climate Quandary: Investigating Causality from Climate Displacement to Unrest.
  • Midwest Political Science Association
    • Climate Migration, Economic Drivers, and Urban Unrest: A quasi-experimental analysis in Bangladesh, 2023
    • The Climate-Conflict Nexus: Urban Migration and Data Innovations, 2022
    • How Integration Policy Moderates the Relationship Between Migration and Crime: A Cross- National Analysis, 2020
  • International Studies Association – Annual Conference
    • Economic Reincorporation in Civil War Peace Treaties & Peace Outcomes, 2022
    • Xenophobia and Its Implications for Refugee Policies: A Cross-National Study, 2018

Invited Lectures and Presentations

  • Progress, Pitfalls, and Promises of Political Science in Migration and Citizenship Research, APSA Virtual Research Meeting 2024
  • University of Oregon, (Global Environmental Politics Research Talk), Fall 2023 The Department of Government and Public Policy
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (International Relations Research Talk), Fall 2023 The Department of Government and Public Policy
  • Solutions to Environmental Problems (STEP): Climate Action (Invited Speaker), “Migration-Preventative Adaptation Responses” March 2, 2023
  • Back in Business: Bringing firms into Global Local Networks of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, ISA 2023 Annual Convention, Montréal
  • Ideas, Interests, Institutions, and Nation-state Climate Politics: Mitigators, Adapters, and Mitigator-Adapters Conference, “Vulnerability, Climate-Change Laws, and Adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa,” Convoke a conference at Tulane University, 2022

 

Academic/Professional Qualification

Professional Affiliations and Service:

  • Private Enterprise and Peace (PEP) Lab Research Affiliate, 2023-Present
  • American Political Science Association (APSA), 2022-Present (Sections: Migration & Citizenship, Conflict Processes)
  • Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) – Political Science Department (Delegate 2020, Secretary 2021, President 2022)
  • International Studies Association (ISA), 2022-Present (Sections: Environmental Studies; Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies; Peace Studies)
  • National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), 2022-Present
  • Pi Sigma Alpha – Political Honor Society, 2016-Present
  • Junior Scholars in International Security, etc (JSISE) Organizer, 2023-2024
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Symposium Co-Organizer, 2022-2023
  • Loyola Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, Summer 2022
  • Loyola Undergraduate Research & Engagement Symposium, Spring 2022 (Evaluator)
  • RefugeeOne, English Tutor, 2019-2023 (English Language Tutor, Chicago, IL, USA)
  • Project Elea Refugee Camp, Teacher, Summer 2019 (Athens, Greece)

 

Teaching activity

Loyola University Chicago, Department of Political Science

  • Lecturer, Political Science 102: International Relations in an Age of Globalization
  • Teaching Assistant, Political Science 300D: Faculty-Led Program in Colombia

Iowa State University, Department of Political Science, 2017-2018

  • Teaching Assistant
    • Political Science 235: Introduction to Ethics and Politics
    • Political Science 241: Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
    • Political Science 301: Introduction to Empirical Political Science Research
    • Political Science 305: Political Behavior
    • Political Science 360: American Institutions: Congress

See here for more: https://www.elisadamico.net/teaching

 

Other expertise

Languages:

  • English: Native Language
  • Spanish: Intermediate Listener and Speaker, Advanced Reading and Writing
  • Turkish: Intermediate-Mid (ACTFL)
  • Arabic: Intermediate-Low (coursework in Arabic 101-104)

Certifications:

  • DataCamp Data Scientist Professional, R; SQL, Python (2023)
  • Qualtrics XM Professional Certification (2023)
  • Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Certification (2022)

Computer and Technical Skills:

  • Data Skills: Querying in SQL/Python; Excel VBA; GIS data management and analysis; data mining in R; data merging in STATA
  • Software Proficiency: R, QGIS, SQL, STATA, JMP, Python, Google App Script, SAS, SPSS, Excel VBA

See here for more: https://www.elisadamico.net/datascience

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, The Climate Conflict Nexus: Urban Migration and Methodological Innovations

Aug 2018Dec 2023

Award Date: 16 Dec 2023

Master of Arts, Xenophobia and its Implications for Refugee Integration Policy: A Cross-National Analysis

Jan 2016May 2018

Award Date: 5 May 2018

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; International Studies; Advocacy; Spanish

Aug 2014Dec 2016

Award Date: 16 Dec 2016

External positions

Data Scientist

2023

Research Assistant

20182023

Keywords

  • JZ International relations
  • Peacebuilding
  • Migration
  • Climate change
  • Statistics
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Quantitative Research
  • Environmental Policy
  • Geospatial analysis
  • Environmental Economics

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