CV
Current Positions
Senior Analyst, Jihad and Modern Conflict, International Crisis Group (ICG), September 2021-
Research Associate, Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland, June 2019-
Previous Positions
Advisor For Non-State Armed Groups, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland, September 2019- August 2021
Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA, January 2019- December 2020
Research Fellow, Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2018 - May, 2019
Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, January, 2018 - June, 2018
Research Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, January, 2017 - December, 2017
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, July, 2015 - December, 2016 Additional training undertaken in Social Statistics, including Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, and Social Network Analysis
Education
Ph.D in International Relations, Durham University, Durham, UK, October, 2010 - July, 2015
Master of Arts in International Affairs, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland, September 2008
External Funding / Fellowships
Advanced Research Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2017-2018 and 2018-2019
Research Engagement Grant, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMPES), George Washington University, 2016
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2015-2016
Research Fellowship, Durham Energy Institute (DEI), July - August, 2013
Doctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2012-2013, 2013-2014
Teaching
Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA) (Teaching accreditation)
Invited lectures: Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; Geneva Graduate Institute (Executive Education, Programme on Mediation), International University of Geneva; Joint Special Operations University (JSOU); King’s College London; University of Geneva
Lecturer: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2019
International University of Geneva, Geneva, 2019
Executive Education: United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), 2019-2021
Services to the profession
Peer Review (Articles): British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies; Civil Wars; Contemporary Islam; Contemporary Politics; Democratization; Information, Communication and Society; International Journal of Conflict and Violence; International Journal of Developmental Sciences; International Affairs; International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies; International Political Science Review; Journal of Refugee Studies; Middle East Critique; Middle East Journal; Middle East Law and Governance; Participation and Conflict; Politics, Religion & Ideology; Politics and Religion; Religions; Terrorism and Political Violence
Peer Review (Books): Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge
Peer Review (External): Cordoba Peace Institute, Small Arms Survey, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Senior Editorial Assistant: Politics, Religion & Ideology [2014-2015]
Testimonies: UK Foreign Affairs Committee, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCO), United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, United Nations Security Council, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, U.S. State Department
Field Work
Egypt - Iraq (Kurdistan) - Jordan - Lebanon - Mauritania - Nigeria - Palestine - Rwanda - Syria (pre and post-2011, including Idlib) - Thailland - Turkey
Languages
French (mother tongue), English (professional fluency), Arabic (working fluency)
MOOC Training
C Programming with Linux Specialization, Institut Mines-Télécom / Dartmouth College, 2024
Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate, 2024
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate, 2023
Introduction to Applied Cryptography, University of London, 2024
Object Oriented Programming Specialization (C++), University of London, 2024
IT Skills
Applications and Statistical Packages: LaTeX, SPSS
Languages: C (foundations), C++ (foundations), Python (intermediate), R (foundations)
Operating Systems: Linux / Unix