Alessio Iocchi
Alessio Iocchi is Senior Research Fellow in NUPI's Research group on peace, conflict and development. He holds a PhD in Contemporary African History from University of Naples L'Orientale and works predominantly on non-state armed groups, insurgencies, social mobilization and the informal economy in the Sahel and Sahara.
Iocchi is also Associate Fellow at the Centro Studi Africa Contemporanea (CeSAC) and the Centro Mobilità e Migrazioni (MoMi) at University L'Orientale, he has worked as consultant for NGOs and collaborates with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). He has conducted in-depth fieldwork in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Education
2019 PhD (summa cum laude), Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean, University of Naples L'Orientale
2015 Master of Arts (summa cum laude), Department of Social and Human Science, University of Naples L'Orientale
Work Experience
2020- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI
2018- Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town
2015-2019 PhD Fellow, Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean, University of Naples L'Orientale
Publications All publications
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The Dangers of Disconnection: Oscillations in Political Violence on Lake Chad
Publication : Academic article | 2020Narrations on fragility and resilience in the Sahel paint a picture about the region’s inherent ungovernability that lead to consider an endless stat1
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Chad’s Pivotal Role in the Regional Crisis
Publication : Report | 2020An analysis of Chad's regime role in the context of the military and humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin
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Il flusso migratorio sul continente africano
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2020An overview of migratory issues on the African continent
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Jihad globale o insurgency locale? L'ISIS in Africa, da Boko Haram allo Stato Islamico nel Grande Sahara
Publication : Chapter | 0This chapter sums up the evolution of jihadi activity in Mali and around Lake Chad, connecing local events to the concurrent emergence and evolution1
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The Origins of Boko Haram, and Why the War on Terror Matters
Publication : Academic article | 2020This article, prompted as a response to a recent contribution penned by Audu Bulama Bukarti,returns to the history of an incident occurred in 2003 be1
Projects All projects
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Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)How is the political authority to tax established, exercised and maintained over time? State-building requires predictable income. Without a domestic revenue base, even core activities states are expe...
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Fragile states and violent entrepreneurs: conflict, climate, refugees (FRAGVENT)
Research project | 2017 - 2021 (Completed)What forms of authority underpin, enable, and extend violent entrepreneurs in fragile states, and how do the combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate impact this?...
Events All events
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The Sahel - fragile states and violent entrepreneurs
EventThu 3 Feb 2022Time: 01:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: YouTubeThe Sahel has recently gotten attention from the international community because of the many challenges this realm faces. This webinar marks the end of a three-year long project that has taken a closer look at the Sahel.
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WEBINAR: Launch of special issue of International Spectator
EventWed 2 Dec 2020Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft TeamsWe are happy to promote the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" journal on Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making, guest edited by Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari.
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WEBINAR: Jihad in the Sahel: Actors, developments and context
EventTue 21 Apr 2020Time: 12:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: WebinarWho are the jihadi insurgents, why are they gaining ground, and what are the likely future developments in the Sahel?