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Dr. Altea Pericoli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in geopolitics and regional cooperation at the Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. Her research concerns 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 and she was appointed as "Sir William Luce Fellow" at Durham University in June 2024. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Political Science

Free keywords

  • Humanitarian Aid
  • Conflict
  • Gulf States
  • Islamic social welfare
  • Islam

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