Dr Adrian Florea

  • Senior Lecturer (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 6039
email: Adrian.Florea@glasgow.ac.uk

9 Lilybank Gardens, Room 403, G12 8RZ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-9307

Biography

I joined the University of Glasgow (School of Social and Political Sciences) in July 2015. Previously, I taught at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Elon University (North Carolina), and Oberlin College (Ohio).

Education

  • Ph.D., Indiana University, Political Science, 2014
  • M.A., Iowa State University, Political Science and Applied Linguistics, 2007
  • B.A. University of Bucharest, American Studies, 2003

Personal website: http://aflorea.weebly.com/

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Research interests

Main research interests:

  • Civil war and ethnic conflict
  • De facto states
  • Rebel governance
  • Secessionism
  • Political violence 
  • State (un)making
  • International security
  • Research methods

Ongoing projects

I am currently engaged in three main projects. The first investigates the survival and disappearance of de facto states - polities, like Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, or Western Sahara, which display many statelike characteristics except for international legal sovereignty. The second analyses the variation in the legitimacy of rebel groups. The third examines functional sovereignty in contested territories.

Research groups

  • Central & East European Studies

Publications

List by: Type | Date

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Number of items: 12.

2025

Wedgwood Young, E. and Florea, A. (2025) Rethinking rebel victory in civil war. Review of International Studies, (doi: 10.1017/S0260210524000858) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Florea, A. and Malejacq, R. (2024) The supply and demand of rebel governance. International Studies Review, 26(1), viae004. (doi: 10.1093/isr/viae004)

2021

Powell, S. R. and Florea, A. (2021) Introducing the Armed Nonstate Actor Rivalry Dataset (ANARD). Civil Wars, 23(2), pp. 177-206. (doi: 10.1080/13698249.2021.1883334)

2020

Florea, A. (2020) Rebel governance in de facto states. European Journal of International Relations, 26(4), pp. 1004-1031. (doi: 10.1177/1354066120919481)

2019

Lee, M. J., Florea, A. and Blarel, N. (2019) Opening the black box of finance: north-south investment, political risk, and U.S. military intervention. Political Studies, 67(4), pp. 872-894. (doi: 10.1177/0032321718813570)

2018

Florea, A. (2018) Authority contestation during and after civil war. Perspectives on Politics, 16(1), pp. 149-155. (doi: 10.1017/S1537592717004030)

Florea, A. (2018) Spatial rivalry and coups against dictators. Security Studies, 27(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1080/09636412.2017.1360072)

2017

Florea, A. (2017) De facto states: survival and disappearance (1945-2011). International Studies Quarterly, 61(2), pp. 337-351. (doi: 10.1093/isq/sqw049)

Florea, A. (2017) Theories of civil war onset: promises and pitfalls. In: Thompson, W. (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory [online]. Oxford University Press. (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.325)

2014

Florea, A. (2014) De facto states in international politics (1945–2011): a new data set. International Interactions, 40(5), pp. 788-811. (doi: 10.1080/03050629.2014.915543)

2012

Florea, A. (2012) Where do we go from here? Conceptual, theoretical, and methodological gaps in the Large-N civil war research program. International Studies Review, 14(1), pp. 78-98. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01102.x)

2007

Florea, A. (2007) Post cold war U.S. security assistance to Romania and the problem of the double security guarantee. In: Brooks, M. G. (ed.) Security Assistance: U.S. and International Historical Perspectives. Combat Studies Institute Press: Kansas, pp. 545-565.

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Jump to: Articles | Book Sections
Number of items: 12.

Articles

Wedgwood Young, E. and Florea, A. (2025) Rethinking rebel victory in civil war. Review of International Studies, (doi: 10.1017/S0260210524000858) (Early Online Publication)

Florea, A. and Malejacq, R. (2024) The supply and demand of rebel governance. International Studies Review, 26(1), viae004. (doi: 10.1093/isr/viae004)

Powell, S. R. and Florea, A. (2021) Introducing the Armed Nonstate Actor Rivalry Dataset (ANARD). Civil Wars, 23(2), pp. 177-206. (doi: 10.1080/13698249.2021.1883334)

Florea, A. (2020) Rebel governance in de facto states. European Journal of International Relations, 26(4), pp. 1004-1031. (doi: 10.1177/1354066120919481)

Lee, M. J., Florea, A. and Blarel, N. (2019) Opening the black box of finance: north-south investment, political risk, and U.S. military intervention. Political Studies, 67(4), pp. 872-894. (doi: 10.1177/0032321718813570)

Florea, A. (2018) Authority contestation during and after civil war. Perspectives on Politics, 16(1), pp. 149-155. (doi: 10.1017/S1537592717004030)

Florea, A. (2018) Spatial rivalry and coups against dictators. Security Studies, 27(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1080/09636412.2017.1360072)

Florea, A. (2017) De facto states: survival and disappearance (1945-2011). International Studies Quarterly, 61(2), pp. 337-351. (doi: 10.1093/isq/sqw049)

Florea, A. (2014) De facto states in international politics (1945–2011): a new data set. International Interactions, 40(5), pp. 788-811. (doi: 10.1080/03050629.2014.915543)

Florea, A. (2012) Where do we go from here? Conceptual, theoretical, and methodological gaps in the Large-N civil war research program. International Studies Review, 14(1), pp. 78-98. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01102.x)

Book Sections

Florea, A. (2017) Theories of civil war onset: promises and pitfalls. In: Thompson, W. (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory [online]. Oxford University Press. (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.325)

Florea, A. (2007) Post cold war U.S. security assistance to Romania and the problem of the double security guarantee. In: Brooks, M. G. (ed.) Security Assistance: U.S. and International Historical Perspectives. Combat Studies Institute Press: Kansas, pp. 545-565.

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Grants

Recent grants

  • Research Grant, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Dynamics of Nonstate Governance in Kosovo and Northern Cyprus: British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (January 2018-March 2019)
  • De Facto States in International Politics (2012-2015): The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Research Incentive Grant (April 2017-April 2018) 

Supervision

I am interested in supervising students in the following areas:

  • Civil war and ethnic conflict
  • Secessionism
  • De facto states
  • Rebel governance 
  • Rebel diplomacy
  • Violence and political contention
  • Behaviour of armed nonstate actors

Current Ph.D. supervision (main supervisor)

  • Explaining Self-Determination Groups' Violent and Nonviolent Strategies of Resistance, Mark McGeoghegan, ESRC/SGSSS Ph.D. Fellowship
  • Violence against Civilians during Episodes of Ethnic Cleansing, Matthew Tentler, University of Glasgow, College of Social Sciences Ph.D. Fellowship
  • McGeoghegan, Mark
    The Contentious Politics of Self-Determination: explaining the tactics of self-determination groups

Past Ph.D. supervision (main supervisor)

  • Investigating the Dynamics of Armed Nonstate Actor Rivalry in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), 1993-2018, Stephen R. Powell (2022), University of Glasgow, Q-Step Ph.D. Fellowship
  • Dimensions of Demobilisation: Peacebuilding Policy and Post-Civil War Security, Daniel O. Shaw (2023), ESRC/SGSSS Ph.D. Fellowship
  • Stability and Instability after Rebel Victory in Civil War, Enrique W. Young (2023), ESRC/SGSSS Ph.D. Fellowship

Teaching

Research datasets

Jump to: 2015
Number of items: 1.

2015

Florea, A. (2015) De Facto States in International Politics (1945-2011): A New Dataset. [Data Collection]

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