Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World

Meet the team

Our core project team is based at the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit (CCSRU) at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is led by Dr Rim Turkmani with support from Professor Mary Kaldor, head of the Unit. We also have team members in the region and in Europe. The project also benefits from the vision and advice of an advisory board of senior academics, policy, media and expert figures. 

Project team members

Professor Mary Kaldor

Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit

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Dr Rim Turkmani

Principal Investigator

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Dr Ibrahim Draji

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Jinan Al-Habbal

Researcher 

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Dr. Mohamad Hasan

Researcher

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Marika Theros

Policy fellow

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Mazen Gharibah

Research Associate

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Adnan Samman

Communication consultant

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Professor Mary Kaldor

Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit

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Dr Ibrahim Draji

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr. Mohamad Hasan

Researcher

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Mazen Gharibah

Research Associate

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Dr Rim Turkmani

Principal Investigator

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Dr Jinan Al-Habbal

Researcher

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Marika Theros

Policy fellow

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Adnan Samman

Communication consultant

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Professor Mary Kaldor

Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit

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Dr Rim Turkmani

Principal Investigator

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Dr Ibrahim Draji

Visiting Senior Fellow

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Dr Jinan Al-Habbal

Researcher

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Dr. Mohamad Hasan

Researcher

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Marika Theros

Policy fellow

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Mazen Gharibah

Research Associate

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Adnan Samman

Communication consultant

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Project advisory board

Lyse Doucet

Lyse Doucet

Lyse Doucet is award winning BBC Presenter and Chief International Correspondent. She covers the Middle East in her correspondence and reported several times from inside Syria.  She made and presented three documentaries on Syria. 

 

George Papandreou

George Papandreou

George Papandreou is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for Movement for Change. He has been President of the Socialist International since January 2006

Dr Bassam Haddad

Dr Bassam Haddad

Speaker

Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is also the Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute and the Founding Editor of the Knowledge Production Project and  the Arab Studies Journal.

Contact us

Telephone: +44(0)207 955 6419
Address: LSE International Development Department, Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE.