Delina is a PhD candidate at the Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Her research focuses on remote warfare and security force assistance practices in West Africa and the Sahel.

Delina completed her B.A. in French and English literature at the University of Verona and University of Cambridge (Jesus College) and her M.A. in International Relations and Security at the University of Bologna (Forlì) and University of California (Berkeley). After her studies, she did research work for the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Defence and Security Committee), policy work at the European External Action Service (Task Force Iran), the Open Society Foundations (Armed Drones portfolio) and other Brussels-based organisations.

Research interests: remote warfare, security assistance, transnational civil society governance, terrorism, EU foreign policy.