Associate Fellows
Roberta Maggi is a development practitioner experienced in operationalizing international development assistance, program management, and technical analysis, with a focus on North Africa and specifically Libya. Her expertise lies in designing and managing governance and reform initiatives at both institutional and community levels, particularly in conflict-affected and hybrid security environments. She specializes in good governance, institutional reform, change management, ceasefires and security arrangements, community safety, oversight, and accountability. Her work has included leading multi-stakeholder dialogues, advancing security sector reform, and producing practitioner-oriented knowledge products to advance sustainable peace and stability.
Prior to joining CARPO as an Associate Fellow, she worked as a Programme Manager for the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), where she was in charge of the Centre’s Libya portfolio. Throughout her time at DCAF (2018-2024), she also supported the Centre's work beyond Libya, notably in Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine. She holds a master’s degree in International Relations and Political Science from the Geneva Graduate Institute, as well as a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Her research has been published by several outlets, including DCAF, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Crisis Response Council (CRC) and Arab Digest.
international development assistance; security sector governance & reform; change management in security institutions; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration; hybrid security and non-state armed groups; political transitions; security arrangements in contested territories; North Africa; Libya
Federica Saini Fasanotti and Francesco Salesio Schiavi (18.02.2025): Addressing Russia’s Search for New Strongholds in the Mediterranean, CARPO Brief 26. Available online.
& Emadeddin Badi (2022): Politics of Predation. Trends and Obstacles to Development in Libya, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). Available online.
& Ranj Alaaldin, Ariel Ahram und Andrea Cellino (2022): Sovereignty, Responsibility and Reform. Navigating the Complexities of Hybrid Security Orders, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and Crisis Response Council (CRC). Available online.
& Archibald Gallet und Emadeddin Badi (2021): The Road to Stability. Rethinking Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Libya, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF). Available online.
& Emadeddin Badi (2021): ‘Surrogate governance. The impact of institutional weakening on security sector governance’, in: Institutionalised (In)Security: Exploring the MENA Region's Governance Crises, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF). Available online.
