Pathways of Hierarchy-Making: Egypt and Saudi Arabia in the New International Division of Labour

Roberto Roccu

a Reader in International Political Economy at King’s College London

Dr. Roberto Roccu is a Reader in International Political Economy at King’s College London. Located in a critical political economy, his work focuses on the social and political reverberations of global economic transformations, with a regional focus on North Africa and the Middle East/Western Asia. This has primarily resulted in contributions to three main fields: (i) the (global) political economy of the Arab uprisings and their ongoing aftermath; (ii) the role of international organisations (IMF, World Bank, EU, and more) in deepening dependent accumulation in the region; and (iii) critical methodologies in IR and IPE. Roberto’s work has been published in major scholarly journals, including, among others, 'Journal of Common Market Studies', 'Review of African Political Economy', 'Globalizations', and 'International Relations'. He is also the author of ‘The Political Economy of the Egyptian Revolution’ (Palgrave, 2013) and the co-author of ‘Global Politics: Myths & Mysteries’ (Oxford, 2023).

Roberto is currently also associate editor at Global Political Economy and co-convenor of the 'Political Economy Beyond Boundaries' standing section of the European International Studies Association (EISA).