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 a Investigador Auxiliar at ICS-ULisboa, where he integrates the research group Environment, Territory and Society and the Urban Transition Hub.
He is Principal Investigator of the project exPERts: Making Sense of Planning Expertise: housing policy and the role of experts in the Programa Especial de Realojamento (PER)’ (FCT Project Grant, €165,000; Ref: PTDC/ATP-EUR/4309/2014, 2016-2019; www.expertsproject.org), and member of the research team of the project HOPES (HOusing PErspectives and Struggles. Futures of housing movements, policies and dynamics in Lisbon and beyond (funded by FCT; PTDC/GES-URB/28826/2017, 2018-2021).
His area of expertise includes Middle East politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, planning theory and urban studies; his current research activity focuses on housing policy and the role of knowledge in the policy process. Marco has previously worked at the University of Turin and at CIES-IUL as lecturer and postdoctoral researcher.
His publications include articles in journals such as Citizenship Studies, Mediterranean Politics, The Geography Compass, Environment and Planning A, Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Dialogues in Human Geography, Planning Theory and Practice; a monograph on the history of Palestinian people (Carocci 2010); an edited volume on planning conflicts (with Enrico Gualini and João Mourato, Jovis 2015); and an edited volume on Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank (with Ariel Handel and Erez Maggor, Indiana University Press, 2017).
At ICS-ULisboa he is the editor of the blog series "Informality in Practice" (https://ambienteterritoriosociedade-ics.org/serie-informality-in-practice/).
Jounal Article
Allegra, M.Tulumello, S.(2019)O estado da habitação: introdução ao dossierCidades: Comunidades e Territórios Vol. 38, iii-ixOnline[Jounal Article]
Allegra, M. Colombo, A.(2019)A governança das políticas de habitação: (co)produção do conhecimento e capacitação institucionalCidades: Comunidades e Territórios Vol. 38, pp.8-13Online[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.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]
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.(2016)Planners amid the storm: Lessons from Israel/Palestine [Comment]Planning Theory & Practice Vol. 17, 3, pp.476-479Routledge. Taylor and FrancisOnline[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]
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.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.(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.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.Tulumello, S.(2019)O estado da habitação: crise, política e políticasCidades: Comunidades e Territórios Vol. 38Online[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)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.(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.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. Pioppi (Eds.)Il 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 Orsi (Ed.)Gli 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. Rahola (Eds.)Conflitti 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. Rahola (Eds.)Conflitti 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. Rahola (Eds.)Conflitti 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. Torri (Ed.)Il 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]
