MICHELA ARRICALE
publishTime: 2026-01-15

I am a lawyer and Ph.D. researcher specializing in the intersection of International Law, Political Economy, and Global Governance. Since 2012, my work has bridged legal practice with structural analysis of the frameworks that shape international economic relations.
Currently, I am a Phd researcher (41st cycle) in Law and Political Economy at the University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'. My dissertation, 'Dependency and the Right to Development in the Global Transition: Hegemonic Cycles and Legal Forms of Economic Subordination,' examines the current geopolitical and economic shift. Specifically, I analyze how financial and legal structures—such as sovereign debt mechanisms and international investment regimes—can create forms of dependency, and how the Right to Development can be leveraged within the international legal order to promote sovereign equality and a more balanced multipolar system.
This research is grounded in practical international engagement. I am an active member of the network 'Estudiantes, profesionales e investigadores contra la deuda' in Latin America, where I collaborate on critiques of sovereign debt as an instrument of economic policy. Furthermore, as Co-President of the Research and Elaboration Center for Democracy (CRED), I coordinate independent research and international field missions—often in collaboration with the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL)—that investigate the real-world impact of legal and economic governance in contexts of transition.
My connection to Chinese academic circles began in 2023, when I contributed as a speaker to the Global Forum on Human Rights in Beijing and the China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights in Rome. These experiences were pivotal, allowing me to engage deeply with perspectives on development and multilateralism that are central to my research.
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