Lecturer in Political Science, Sciences Po I am a lecturer in political science at Sciences Po Paris, where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on international affairs, including the seminars "Understanding Strategic Decision-Making: US Policy in the Middle East," "The War in Syria: US and European Policies," and "The Geopolitics of Energy." I am also an associate research fellow at the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI); a fellow at the Civil War Paths project of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War at the University of Sheffield; a member of the Ambassador Council of the International Crisis Group; and a member of the editorial board of the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies. I have a PhD from the Sorbonne and a Master's from Harvard, and have published articles in Survival, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Middle East Policy, Asian Affairs, and World Policy Journal, as well as analyses and opinion pieces in the Modern War Institute at West Point, the LSE Middle East Centre, ISPI, and The Guardian. My research is grounded in extensive fieldwork, including in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kurdistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. In Cairo, I was the politics editor of Daily News Egypt, at the time one of the last independent newspapers in Egypt. During the course of my fieldwork, I also lived for extended periods in Beirut and Kabul.
PhD Researcher, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin Fiona Kennedy is a physiotherapist and PhD student with the School of Medicine in Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Ireland.With over 25 years of clinical experience, Fiona has a special interest in frailty and ageing, and inclusion health. She completed her MSc in Neurology and Gerontology in the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland in 2020 and her MSc research focussed on managing frailty in community-dwelling older adults. Her PhD focuses on the role of exercise in building strength and resiliance to target physical functioning deficits and frailty in socially excluded populations.
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Management Strategy & Organisation, University of Bath Dr. Farooq Mughal is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the University of Bath School of Management, researching innovative pathways to managerial and leadership development.
Doctorant en Sciences du Mouvement Humain, Université Côte d’Azur (English below) Je suis un doctorant en sciences du mouvement humain. Mon sujet de recherche concerne la manière dont le système nerveux contrôle nos mouvements. J'ai réalisé mes études au STAPS de Nantes Université et je travaille actuellement au sein du LAMHESS (LAboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé) à l'Université Côte d'Azur, Nice. Je suis passionné par les sciences en général, et un gros consommateur de vulgarisation scientifique. Par ma contribution à The Conversation, j'essaie d'apporter ma pierre à l'édifice ! I am a graduate student pursuing a PhD in human movement sciences. My research topic is about the way our nervous system controls our movements. I studied Sports Sciences ("STAPS") in Nantes University and I now work at the LAMHESS ("LAboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé") lab, at Côte d'Azur University, Nice. I am passionate about sciences in general, and I am an avid consumer of popular science content. With my contribution to The Conversation, I hope to help in communicating science to the general public!
PhD candidate, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Ontario Fikir is a Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. With a focus on Ethiopia, her doctoral research utilizes a critical international political economy lens to examine the politics of urban expansion and land access in states with deep ethnic divisions.
