PhD in Political Science from the University of Turin (Italy), is a postdoctoral researcher at ICS-ULisboa. His research interests include Middle East policy and urban planning and studies.
He is currently investigating Israel’s settlement policy in the city of Jerusalem and the role of technical and specialized knowledge in the political process. He is editing, in collaboration with other researchers and researchers, a collection of essays on Israel’s settlement policy, and hopes to publish a book on his research on the Jewish settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.