Le autorità locali in Africa: governance e pratiche di accesso alle risorse

Sara de Simone is a post-doctoral researcher at the School of International Studies of the University of Trento. She holds a PhD in African Studies and Political Science from the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has also worked as a consultant for several international organisations operating in Africa. Her research interests revolve around the intersection between African politics and agency with international aid, with focuses on post-conflict intervention and state building, refugee emergencies and processes of knowledge production and use in a development context. She has published with several international journals and authored State-building South Sudan. International intervention and the formation of a fragmented state (Brill, 2022).

Maria Cristina Ercolessi, associate professor of African Studies at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, is the president of the Center for the Study of Contemporary Africa (CeSAC) in the same university. She was the editor of the scientific journal “afriche e orienti” as well as member of the board of the Italian Society for African Studies (ASAI).  Her main research interests are the relationship between conflict, development and humanitarian intervention; political reforms and democratization; Africa’s international relations and Italian foreign policy toward the continent.