Altea Pericoli
Researcher
Dr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in geopolitics and regional cooperation at the Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. She is interested in humanitarian aid implemented by Gulf donors in conflict zones and the use of Islamic social welfare instruments for addressing social protection and economic empowerment in protracted crises.
Altea Pericoli obtained her PhD in Institutions and Policies in July 2023 at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, and she conducted many visiting periods at Vienna University, Durham University, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, and Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway. In 2023, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the European University Institute and the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.
In July 2023, she obtained the BRISMES Award “Early Career Development Scholarship” to transform her PhD thesis into a monograph entitled “Islam and Politics in Humanitarianism” with a university press.
Publications
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Qatar's foreign aid and political strategies in the Horn of Africa: The case of Somalia
Altea Pericoli, Federico Donelli
(2024) Global Policy, 15
Journal articleOvercoming obstacles in regional crises : The role of the OIC and IsDB in the MENA Region
Altea Pericoli
(2024) Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
Book chapterCharity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism
Altea Pericoli
(2023) Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society
ReviewQatar and the UAE in the Syrian early recovery : top-down strategies of foreign aid
Altea Pericoli
(2023) Third World Quarterly
Journal articleThe use of zakat in the pandemic response : the case of Islamic Relief and BAZNAS in Indonesia
Altea Pericoli
(2022) Third World Quarterly, 44 p.405-422
Journal articleMigration Changes and Integration Challenges in the Moroccan Case
Altea Pericoli
(2021) Politics of Citizenship and Migration
Book chapter