Filippo Dionigi

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Dr Filippo Dionigi is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, researching the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Arab statehood from a comparative perspective. In addition, Filippo is leading on a capacity-building project, in collaboration with Tunis University,  to enhance the didactic capacity of Tunis Business School (TBS), on the level of International Relations teaching. He has completed his PhD in International Relations at LSE and his book, titled Hezbollah, Islamist Politics and International Society, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in December 2014.

Contact Details

Email: f.dionigi1@lse.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)207 955 7015

Research Interests

• Islamist politics in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon and Egypt
• International norms, norms diffusion and Islamist movements
• Processes of international socialisation
• Political implications of the prospective hydrocarbon economy of Lebanon
• Constructivist international relations theories
• Compared approaches to Islamist and communitarian political theories
• Citizenship and patrilinearity in the Middle East

Publications

Books and research monographs

• Dionigi, Filippo (2014) Hezbollah, Islamist Politics and International Society, New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 
• Dionigi, Filippo (2014) 'UN Security Council Resolutions as Factors of International Socialization: The Case of Hezbollah', International Peacekeeping. Vol. 21. No. 3, pp.287-306.
• Dionigi, Filippo and Gregorio Bettiza (2014) ‘How do religious norms diffuse? Institutional translation and international change in a post-secular world society’
  European Journal of International Relations, published on August 8, 2014
• Dionigi, F. ‘Islamism as Communitarianism: Person, Community and the Problem of International Norms in non-Liberal Theories’ in Journal of International Political Theory, Vol. 8. No.1, 2012, pp. 74-103.

Other Selected Publications

• Dionigi, F., 2016. 'The Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon: state fragility and social resilience'. LSE Middle East Centre Working Paper. No. 15. February 2016.
• Dionigi, F., 2016. 'Dag Hammarskjöld's Religiosity and Norms Entrepreneurship: A Post-secular Perspective'. Politics and Religion, Vol. 8. No.1, pp.162-186.
• Dionigi, F., 2013. ‘Hezbollah’s New and Old Wars: from Ideological Struggle to Fight for Survival?’ Op-Med German Marshall Fund of the United States and IAI, November 2013.
• Dionigi, F. 2013. ‘From Rebellion to Coup: Egypt Ahead of a Difficult Transition’ in Shifting Sands LSE-IDEAS Middle East Program Blog (5/7/2013)

 
Book Reviews

• Dionigi, F. Lebanon: the Politics of a Penetrated Society by T. Najem and Lebanon Adrift by S. Khalaf’ Book Reviews, in International Affairs, Vol. 88, No. 5, 2012, pp. 1162-4.
• Dionigi, F. Hizbullah’s Identity Construction by Joseph Alagha’ Book Review, in International Affairs, Vol. 87, No. 5, 2011.
• Dionigi, F. Islam’s Predicament with Modernity by Bassam Tibi’ Book Review in International Affairs, Vol.86, No.2 2010.
• Dionigi, F. ‘Resistance: the Essence of the Islamist Revolution by Alastair Crooke’ Book Review, in International Affairs, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2009.
• Dionigi, F. ‘International Human Rights Ideas by Bertrand Ramcharan’ Book Review, in International Affairs, Vol. 85, No.3, 2009.