Executive Summary
A Political Science PhD researcher, human rights defender, political analyst and advisor with consulting, advocacy, teaching, research, editing and communication experience gained through employments & projects at respected organizations & universities, such as Amnesty International, the GPPi, the Green Party in the German Bundestag, the IFSH, the SWP, the CSS, the WZB, the University of Hamburg, the Free University Berlin, Oxford University, the Humboldt University, the European University Institute & the ETH Zürich. Focussing on Human Rights in the MENA Region, Democratization & Authoritarian Regimes & Political Violence. Experience
GPPi - Global Public Policy Institute Research Associate working on Human Rights and Democracy Contributing to the GPPi's project on measuring academic freedom Amnesty International Middle East Desk Coordinator Monitoring Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa and advocating for a more just, equal, free and inclusive politics and societies. WZB - Social Science Research Center Berlin Research Fellow in the research unit on Democracy & Democratization Working on authoritarianism with a particular focus on the MENA Region and the Arab Uprisings and the diffusion of authoritarian resilience Communications Officer in the research unit on Democracy & Democratization Managing the WZB Democracy Blog and the Social media profiles of the unit and producing the WZB Democracy Podcast Humboldt University - Department for Social Sciences Teaching the introductory seminar in political theory and the history of political thought for undergrad students enrolled in the BA in social sciences CSS - Center for Security Studies, Zürich Research Assistant (internship & employment) Worked with the research group for risk & resilience on Security in the Public Sphere CIS - Center for Comparative & International Studies, Zürich Research Assistant at the chair for European Politics of Prof Schimmelfennig Working on the project: “Differentiated Integration in the EU” Teaching Assistant at the chair for Political Violence of Prof Lars-Erik Cederman Tutorial held for the Swiss army officers course: “Conflict Research 2 – Contemporary Conflicts” SWP - German Institute for International & Security Affairs, Berlin Research Assistant (internship) – Worked with the research division for international security IFSH - Institute for Peace Research & Security Policy, Hamburg Research Assistant (internship & employment) at the Centre for European Peace & Security Studies Worked on the research project: “PiraT” on maritime security & terrorism Institute for Political Science at the Universität Hamburg Teaching Assistant at the chair for Political Science Methodology of Prof Kai-Uwe Schnapp Tutorial held for the second semester course: “Introduction to social science methods” Research Assistant at the chair for Global Governance of Prof Antje Wiener Worked on the research project: “Dialogue & Diversity in Diplomatic Interaction” Education & Research
Berlin Graduate School for Social Sciences (BGSS) at the Humboldt University PhD Candidate Dissertation working title: Perceptions & Sequence in decision-making. The effect of spreading protests on calcu- lations of authoritarian regimes. European University Institute (EUI) Programm Associate in the Europe in the World programm at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies Visiting researcher at the Dept of Political Science Supervised by Donatella Della Porta, Ulrich Krotz and Philip Schmitter Oxford University Guest Researcher at Nuffield College Sponsor Laurence Whitehead American University in Cairo (AUC) Guest Researcher at the American University in Cairo, Department for Political Science Supervised by Kevin Köhler Ecole de Gouvernance et d'Economie de Rabat (EGE) Guest Researcher at the EGE Rabat, Centre de Recherche Economie Société Culture (CRESC) ETH Zürich & University of Zürich MA in International and Comparative Studies MA Thesis: Explaining autocratic resilience in moments of contestation: Trajectories in Morocco. Free University Berlin MA level exchange student in Political Science at the Otto-Suhr Institute University of Hamburg BA in Political Science BA Thesis: The EU Foreign Policy towards Libya University of Gothenburg BA level exchange student in Politial Science with the ERASMUS programm Scholarships
Three year PhD scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation Promotionsstipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes APSA MENA Fieldwork grant for a joint paper project on the religious legitimacy of the Moroccan monarchy with Yasmina Abouzzohour July 2017 Trajectories of Change Fellow - Scholarship for Fieldwork related to the dissertation in Egypt, Morocco and Yemen. The Scholarship programm is funded by the Bucerius Zeit foundation. DAAD conference scholarship for doctoral students for participation at the American Political Association yearly conference in San Francisco in September 2015 APSA graduate student scholarship for doctoral students for participation at the American Political Association yearly conference in San Francisco in September 2015 DAAD scholarship for a week long workshop on the Tunisian constitution hosted by the University of Tübingen and the university of Tunis in Tunisia Studienkolleg zu Berlin scholarship and leadership programm of the German Academic Council and the Hertie foundation Santander Scholarship for the IARU Summerschool programme in Copenhagen STIP out scholarship for outgoing students of University of Hamburg |
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