Sidney Michelini

Researcher

Sidney Michelini is a Researcher in the Research Group Ecology, Climate, and Conflict and in the Research Depart­ment Transnational Politics at PRIF. His research focuses on the relation­ship between climate, climate change, and violence.


 


 

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CV

| since 2025
Researcher at PRIF

| 2020–2025
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Reserach – PhD thesis titled “Essays of Climate and Violence”

| 2020–2025
Technical University of Berlin – PhD thesis titled “Essays of Climate and Violence”

| 2018–2020
Paris School of Eco­nomics – Masters degree with a thesis titled “Elite Corrup­tion and the Political Economy of Capital Mobility”

Projects

Publications

  • A Comprehensive Framework for the Relationship Between Organized Violence and Climate Change
    | 2025
    Michelini, Sidney (2025): A Comprehensive Framework for the Relationship Between Organized Violence and Climate Change, Geopolitics. DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2025.2556673
    Publication

  • Why Germany Should Recognize Palestine
    | 2025
    Michelini, Sidney (2025): Why Germany Should Recognize Palestine, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • European Support for Israeli and American Attacks on Iran – Short-Sighted and Dangerous
    | 2025
    Michelini, Sidney (2025): European Support for Israeli and American Attacks on Iran – Short-Sighted and Dangerous , PRIF Blog.
    Publication

Further Activities

Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy. A Political History, podcast episode of New Books Network, June 25, 2025.

Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine. The Forging of a Nation, podcast episode of New Books Network, June 25, 2025.

Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli: Inflation. A Guide for Users and Losers, podcast epi­sode of New Books Network, June 28, 2025.

Sergey Radchenko: To Run the World. The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power, podcast episode of New Books Net­work, June 29, 2025.