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

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