Alice Martini

Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

PhD Candidate and Associate Researcher

alice.martini@sssup.it

About

Martini is a PhD Candidate in International Relations at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA) and an Associate Researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid. She holds master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Martini’s main area of focus is International Relations theories, above all critical and post-colonial theories, and she specializes in international terrorism from a theoretical point of view. Her area of research is the MENA region.

Selected publications

  • Martini, A. (2019) ‘The Syrian wars of words: international and local instrumentalisations of the war on terror.’ Third World Quarterly 41(4): 725-743.
  • Martini, A. (2018) ‘Making women terrorists into ‘Jihadi brides’: an analysis of media narratives on women joining ISIS.’ Critical Studies on Terrorism 11(3): 458-477.
  • Martini, A. (2016) ‘The construction of the discourse on ‘terrorism’.’ Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science 30(6): 92-105.