Stefano Ruzza
Department of Cultures, Politics and Society
University of Turin
Italy
Biography
Stefano Ruzza is Assistant Professor of "Conflict, Security and Statebuilding" at the University of Turin. He is also Head of Research of T.wai - Torino World Affairs Institute, with responsibility over the “Violence and Security” research area. His research interests mainly focus around conflict transformation, non-state armed actors in international relations and, more specifically, on private military and security companies.
Research Interest
1) Security concept and its evolution; transformations into the nature and practice of wars and conflicts. 2) Non-State Armed Forces in International Relations. 3) Privatization of violence, especially in its private security firms. 4) Strategy, Strategic Studies and Strategic Theory.
Publications
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Ruzza S, Jakobi AP, Geisler C, editors. Non-state Challenges in a Re-ordered World: The Jackals of Westphalia. Routledge; 2015 Oct 14.
