Introduction
Dr. Marina G. Petrova is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University. She earned her PhD from the Department of Government, University of Essex and a master's degree from the University of Oxford. Dr. Petrova is a Peace and Conflict scholar and an expert in civil resistance, nonviolent action, and civil conflict processes. In her research, she studies different types of political mobilisation and their determinants, dynamics, and outcomes, using primarily quantitative methods. She is a recipient of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) research grant to study the effects of different nonviolent action tactics on civil war peace processes. Her research and international collaborations have been published in various outlets such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Politics. Dr. Petrova is also the Conference Organiser for the Conflict Research Society (CRS) UK where she actively seeks to build bridges between academia and policy-makers and practitioners. More detailed information on her research background and experiences can be found on her website: www.marinapetrova.net
Expert
Dr. Petrova is a Peace and Conflict scholar and an expert in civil resistance, nonviolent action, and civil conflict processes. In her research, she studies different types of political mobilisation and their determinants, dynamics, and outcomes, using primarily quantitative methods. She is a recipient of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) research grant to study the effects of different nonviolent action tactics on civil war peace processes. Her research interests focus on the political economy of internal conflict, conflict transformation and citizens-led peace-building initiatives.
Dr. Petrova has been working on various research projects at the intersection of nonviolent action and violent armed conflict. Some of her work focuses on topics such as: pro- government mobilisation in autocracies; conflict escalation; and the relationship between militias and protest movements in civil war contexts. In another research stream, Dr. Petrova studies civil society organisations (CSOs) effect on political conflict and its trajectories. She has also worked on the effect of non-lethal types of state repression on the choice of anti-government opposition tactics.
Fields of expertise: Participation, Social change / social transformations, Strategic planning, Sustainable Development Goals