Dr Elisa D'Amico

Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Email

ed248@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Teaching

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

Research areas

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, E. Climate 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

Selected publications

• Open access

  Vulnerability, climate laws, and adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa

  Maboudi, T. & D'Amico, E., 30 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Policy and Governance. Early View, 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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