Irene Costantini is Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Naples, L’Orientale. She holds a PhD from the University of Trento (School of International Studies). Irene has been teaching and/or researching, among else, at the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of York (UK), the Middle East Research Institute (Iraq), and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (Austria). Her research focuses on the politics of international intervention in conflict-affected contexts and processes of post-conflict transition, with particular reference to the Middle East and North Africa region.