Department of Political Science (UCL)
The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9QU
United Kingdom
ABOUT
Jean Allegrini is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science from University College London and a visiting researcher at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki. Jean specialises on the governance of divided societies at the local level in the Levant, Mediterranean, and Central Asia. He focuses on the power strategies possessed by clientelist elites to perpetuate their domination at times of migratory crisis. Jean also works on the delivery of humanitarian aid to encamped displaced Syrians and to vulnerable Lebanese communities in the Bekaa valley and North Lebanon with a special focus on local faith-based organisations' aid strategies. Jean regularly advises on Levantine affairs the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Chatham House in Britain, and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Comparative
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Minorities
Political Economy
Geographic Areas of Interest
Lebanon
The Levant
Syria
Specialties
Divided Societies
Local Governance
Inter-religious Dialogue
Languages
French (native)
English (fluent)
German (intermediate)
Arabic (elementary)
Italian (elementary)
Portuguese (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 2022
| Department of Political Science
| University College London
MPhil
| 2017
| Department of Political Science
| University College London
MSci
| 2015
| School of Public Policy
| University College London
MA (Hons)
| 2013
| Global Studies Institute
| University of Geneva
BA
| 2011
| Faculty of Socioeconomy
| University of Geneva
