Estella Carpi

Estella Carpi is an Associate Professor of Humanitarian and Migration Studies at University College London. Her work concerns the identity politics and the moral economy of humanitarianism in Lebanon and Türkiye. As a social anthropologist, she has worked in several academic and research institutions in the Middle Eastern region, such as the New York University of Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Trends Research and Advisory (UAE), Lebanon Support, UN-Habitat Lebanon, the American University of Beirut (AUB), UNDP-Egypt (Cairo), and the International Development Research Centre (Cairo). She is the author of The Politics of Crisis-Making: Forced Displacement and Cultures of Assistance in Lebanon (Indiana University Press, 2023).