As members of the editorial committee of PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO (Participation and Conflict), the foremost Italian academic journal dedicated to publishing scholarship concerning many of the research questions that Giulio followed, we join the mourning and profound pain that has shaken your lives, and express our deepest and most sincere condolences and solidarity.

This grief has effected the entire academic community, given that Giulio was working to produce highly relevant research within a field essential to our collective understanding of the evolution of political regimes in areas where diverse traditions and stories meet. Giulio’s loss undermines trust with respect to universities. For those working for universities, the possibility to develop research to its full potential has been threatened, and with it the entire premise of the quest for knowledge that universities are founded upon.

We trust that our authorities will take all the steps necessary to safeguard and protect all academics, and in particular doctoral researchers, who are more often engaged in empirical research work on the ground, outside their institutions, and often in challenging areas of the world that necessitate increased protective measures.

Excellent news! PACO (PArticipation and COnflict, the italian/international journal of socio-political studies) has been been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection Advisory Board (CSAB). The review of this title is now complete and the CSAB has advised that the title will be accepted for inclusion in Scopus!!!

For your information, the reviewer comments assess: "High quality journal with interesting and relevant articles". 
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