Giulia Grillo

Giulia Grillo is an Associate Lecturer in International Relations (Teaching) and Deputy Undergraduate Tutor at the Department of Political Science, University College London (UCL). She joined UCL in 2022 as a Senior Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Senior PGTA) and holds a PhD in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent (2023). Her research focuses on peace and conflict studies, radicalisation processes, and political violence, with an interdisciplinary approach combining International Relations and psychology.

Education:

• PhD in International Conflict Analysis (2023), University of Kent
• M.A. in International Security and the Politics of Terror, University of Kent
• Bachelor with Honours in History and Politics, University of Kent

Teaching: At UCL, she teaches modules such as POLS0001 (International Conflict and Cooperation) and POLS0019 (International Securit*). Previously, she worked as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Kent.

Research Interests: Giulia explores the origins of violence and radicalisation, emphasizing interdisciplinary methods. Her PhD thesis, Psychological Perspectives on Radicalisation Processes. Stories from the Italian Far Left, integrates psychology and conflict studies. She advocates for continuous dialogue in conflict resolution, as reflected in her 2022 blog post for Avvenire, where she critiques rigid ‘friend-enemy’ dichotomies in international negotiations.

Publications:

• Blog: "The time for negotiations is always ripe" (2022), Avvenire (translated to English).