Hello and welcome!

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES) on a fellowship generously funded by the Baden-Württemburg Foundation. I completed my PhD in the International Relations Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and passed my viva with no corrections in December 2024; my degree was conferred in January 2025.

My research interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics, peace and conflict studies, and social policy. My current research agenda consists of three strands of work focused on authoritarian politics and aid, the legacies of political violence, and social protection and cohesion. For a more detailed synopsis of my professional experience and research, please see my About page.

Please feel free to get in touch by email at acd110@georgetown.edu or anne.della.guardia.gast@uni-mannheim.de. If you are kindly wondering about pronunciation, it’s Gua (as in guava)-r-dee-uh (as in up), and Della Guardia is a single surname (Della just means “of the” and is not a second given name).