Marco Allegra
Marco Allegra (Laurea, International relations, University of Torino; MA Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS - University of London; PhD Political Science, University of Torino) is postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-UL), where he integrates the research group "Ambiente, Território e Sociedade" (Environment, Territory and Society). He is Principal Investigator of the project exPERts (FCT Project Grant, €165,000; Ref: PTDC/ATP-EUR/4309/2014).
His area of expertise includes Middle East politics, planning theory and urban studies; his current research activities focus on Israel's settlement policy in the area of Jerusalem, and on the role of knowledge and professional expertise in the policy process. Between 2011 and 2015 he has worked as postdoctoral researcher at CIES-IUL; between 2008 and 2011 he has worked as postdoctoral researcher, lecturer, teaching assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Turin, also contributing to the MA program in Global Studies.
His publications include, among other things, several articles in peer-reviewed journals (Citizenship Studies, Israel-Palestine Journal, Mediterranean Politics, The Geography Compass, Environment and Planning A, Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research); a monograph on the history of Palestinian people (Carocci 2010); and an edited volume on planning conflicts (with Enrico Gualini and Joao Mourato; Jovis 2015).
He is currently editing a collection on Israel's settlement policy (with Ariel Handel and Erez Maggor; Indiana University Press, forthcoming 2016) and working on a monograph on his research on the Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.
Jounal Article
Tulumello, S.Ferreira, A. C. Colombo, A. Di Giovanni, C. Allegra, M.(2018)Comparative planning and housing studies beyond taxonomy: A genealogy of the Special Programme for Rehousing (Portugal)Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 2, pp.32-46Online[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.(2017)Habanaliyut shel hakibush: hapolitika shel hapirvur beMa'ale Adumim / (The Banality of Occupation: the Politics of Suburbia in Ma'ale Adumim)Teoria U’vikoret [Theory and Criticism], 47, pp.45-63Online[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.Handel, A.(2017)Colonizzazione per consenso: La nascita di di Ma’ale Adumim (1967-1975) e la politica degli insediamenti israeliana in CisgiordaniaPassato e Presente Vol. 35, 102, pp.47-67Franco Angeli Edizioni[Jounal Article]
Rokem, J.Allegra, M.(2016)Planning in Turbulent Times: Exploring Planners' Agency in JerusalemInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research Vol. 40, 3, pp.640-657WileyOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.(2016)Planners amid the storm: Lessons from Israel/Palestine [Comment]Planning Theory & Practice Vol. 17, 3, pp.476-479Routledge. Taylor and FracncisOnline[Jounal Article]
Handel, A.Rand, G.Allegra, M.(2015)Wine-washing: colonization, normalization, and the geopolitics of terroir in the West Bank's settlementsEnvironment and Planning A Vol. 47, 6, pp.1351-1367SageOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.(2013)The Politics of Suburbia: Israel's Settlement Policy and the Production of Space in the Metropolitan Area of JerusalemEnvironment and Planning A Vol. 45, 3, pp.497-516SageOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.Bono, I.Rokem, J.Casaglia, A.Marzorati, R.Yacobi, H.(2013)Rethinking urban protest in Middle East and North AfricaUrban studies Vol. 50, 9, pp.1675-1688SageOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.Casaglia, A.Rokem, J.(2012)The Political Geographies of Urban Polarization: A Critical Review of Research on Divided CitiesGeography Compass Vol. 6, 9, pp.560-574WileyOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.Napolitano, P.(2011)Two states or not two states? Leadership and peace making in the Israeli-Palestinian conflictMediterranean Politics Vol. 16, 2, pp.261-278Routledge/Taylor & FrancisOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.(2009)Citizenship in Palestine: a fractured geographyCitizenship Studies Vol. 13, 6, pp.553-573RoutledgeOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M.(2009)Il 1948 nella storia di Israele. Appunti su un dibattito tra storiografia e politicaHistoria Magistra Vol. 1, 1, pp.42-58Franco AngeliOnline[Jounal Article]
Journal/Editor
Allegra, M.Casaglia, A.(2010)Storia Urbana - Città DiviseStoria Urbana, 128Franco Angeli[Journal/Editor]
Author Book
Allegra, M.(2010)Palestinesi. Storia e identità di un popolo [The Palestinian People: A History]Carocci[Author Book]
Editor Book
Allegra, M.Handel, A.Maggor, E.(2017)Normalizing Occupation: The Politics of Everyday Life in the West Bank Settlements, pp.244Indiana University PressOnline[Editor Book]
Gualini, E.Mourato, J. M.Allegra, M.(2015)Conflict in the city. Contested urban spaces and local democracyJovisOnline[Editor Book]
Book Chapter
Allegra, M.(2017)"Outside Jerusalem-yet so Near": Ma'ale Adumim, Jerusalem, and the suburbanization of Israel's settlement polic. In : Marco Allegra, Ariel Handel & Erez Maggor (Eds.)Normalizing Occupation: The Politics of Everyday Life in the West Bank Settlements, pp.48-63Indiana University PressOnline[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2017)Il conflitto israelo-palestinese. In : Alessandro Barbero, Gustavo Corni (Eds.)Storia d'Europa e del Mediterraneo, vol. XV. Stati, nazioni, politica Vol. XV, pp.680-705Salerno Editrice[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2017)Appendix: The Settlements. In : In Marco Allegra, Ariel Handel, Erez Maggor (Eds.)Normalizing Occupation. The Politics of Everyday Life in the West Bank Settlements, pp.211-216 Indiana University PressOnline[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.Handel, A. Maggor, E.(2017)Introduction: The Politics of Everyday Life in the West Bank Settlements. In : In idem (Eds.), Normalizing Occupation.The Politics of Everyday Life in the West Bank Settlements, pp.1-17Indiana University PressOnline[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.Rokem, J.(2015)Planners Amidst the Storm: Planning and Politics in the Contested Metropolitan Area of Jerusalem. In : Enrico Gualini (Ed.)Planning and Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Contentious Urban Developments, pp.145-163Routledge[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.Rokem, J.Casaglia, A.(2015)La geografia politica delle città divise. In : M. Guareschi, F. Rahola (Eds.)Forme della città. Sociologia dell'urbanizzazione, pp.149-170Agenzia X[Book Chapter]
Ferrão, J.Horta, A.Balula, L.Allegra, M.Bina, O.Granjo, P.(2015) Introdução. In : J. Ferrão, A. Horta (Eds.)Ambiente, Território e Sociedade. Novas Agendas de Investigação, pp. 231-241ICS. Imprensa de Ciências Sociais[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2015)exPERTs: making sense of planning expertise: housing policy and the role of experts in the Programa Especial. In : J. Ferrão & A. Horta (Eds.)Ambiente, Território e Sociedade. Novas Agendas de Investigação, pp.173-179ICS. Imprensa de Ciências SociaisOnline[Book Chapter]
Gualini, E.Allegra, M.Mourato, J. M.(2015)Conflict in the city. In : E. Gualini, J. M. Mourato & M. Allegra (Eds.)Conflict in the city. Contested urban spaces and local democracy, pp.12-35Jovis Verlag GmbH[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2010)Storia del nazionalismo laico palestinese. [The History of Palestinian Secular Nationalism]. In : L. Guazzone, D. PioppiIl conflitto israelo-palestinese 1993-2010. Vincitori e vinti senza pace [The Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1993-2010. Victors and vanquished without peace], pp.xx-xxOdoya[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.Di Motoli, P.(2010)Il Sionismo. In : A. D OrsiGli Ismi della politica, pp.429-438Viella[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.Napolitano, P.(2010)Soluzioni (im)possibili. Uno stato, due stati e altre ipotesi. [(Im)possible solutions. One state, two states andother hypothesis]. In : M. Guareschi, F. RaholaConflitti Globali 7. Palestina anno zero [Global Conflict 7. Palestine Year Zero], pp.44-54Agenzia X,[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2008)Che stato è Israele. [What kind of state Israel is]. In : M. Guareschi, F. RaholaConflitti Globali 6. Israele come paradigma [Global Conflict 6. Israel as Paradigm], pp.xx-xxAgenzia X,[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2006)Gli anni di Oslo e la Palestina reclusa. [The Oslo years andjailed Palestine]. In : M. Guareschi, F. RaholaConflitti Globali 4. Internamenti, CPT e altri campi [Global conflicts 4. Internments, TPC and other Camps], pp.107-117Agenzia X[Book Chapter]
Allegra, M.(2006)Alla base del fallimento del ‘processo di pace’ israelo‐palestinese: la colonizzazione israeliana e le trasformazioni nella geografia sociale della Cisgiordania e di Gaza durante gli anni novanta. [The Roots of the Failure of the “Peace Process”: Israeli Settlement Policy and the Transformation of Social Geography in West Bank and Gaza during the 1990s]. In : M. TorriIl Grande Medio Oriente [The Great Middle East], pp.xx-xxBruno Mondadori[Book Chapter]
Report
Allegra, M.Bina, O.Inch, A.Mourato, J. M.Tulumello, S.Pavoni, A.(2017)Transformative Knowledge for an era of Planetary Urbanization? Questioning the Role of Social Sciences and Humanities from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, 5th INTREPID ReportCOST Action TD1408, 27 SeptemberOnline[Report]
Policy Brief
Allegra, M.Tulumello, S.Falanga, R.Cachado, R.Ferreira, A. C.Colombo, A.Alves, S(2017)Um novo PER? Realojamento e políticas de habitação em Portugal. Policy Brief 2017Observatório de Ambiente, Território e Sociedade. Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de LisboaOnline[Policy Brief]
Review
Allegra, M.(2014)Dissecting Tahrir: Transduction, autogestion and liberal democracyDialogues in Human Geography. In : Mark PurcellThe Down-Deep Delight of Democracy Vol. 4, 1, pp.70-72SageOnline[Review]
