Inequality ( 5 years )
Name
Dr. Ali Fathollah-NejadBiography
Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad (PhD SOAS) is a political scientist with a focus on Iran, the Middle East, the post-unipolar world order as well as right-wing populism in the West. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center since Oct. 2017. In the fall 2018 term, he was a part-time Assistant Professor in the PhD program of Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center. Previously, he was a post-doctoral Associate with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Iran Project and an Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Program of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) – acting as the latter's in-house Iran expert. Currently, he is also an affiliated researcher with Freie Universität (FU) Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics as well as the Centre d’Études de la Coopération Intertiole et du Développement (CECID) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Qualifications
Doctorate, SOAS, U of LondonCurrent or most recent Employer
Visiting Fellow
Brookings Doha Center
Time in Post - 2
Organisation Type: Consultancy and research - including think-tanks (not for profit)
Regional Expertise
Iran,
Disciplinary or professional background
Development Studies, Government, Policy/political advocacy (including human rights), Other
Languages
English (Spoken),
English (Written),
English (Primary Writing Language),
French (Spoken),
French (Written),
French (Primary Writing Language),
Other* (Spoken),
Other* (Written),
Other *German
Contact Info
afn@alumni.soas.ac.uk
Okerstr. 15 12049 Berlin
Social Media
fathollah-nejad.eu (Other)
Public Profiles
https://www.brookings.edu/experts/ali-fathollah-nejad/
Current Areas of Policy Interest
Poverty or deprivation measurement ( 5 years )
Economic development ( 5 years )
Conflict & Security ( 10 years )
Work relates to groups
Youth ( 3 years )
Women ( 1 years )
Areas of Policy Interest over the last ten years
Areas of Policy Interest researched, programmes designed and/or delivered in the last ten years
Poverty/deprivation measurement
Inequality
Governance (National)
Education policy
Gender equality
Labour and employment polices
Economic development
Conflict & Security
Engagement
Academic publications
Rouhani's Neoliberal Doctrine Has Failed Iran, Washington, DC: Middle East Institute, 18/05/2017, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/rouhani-s-neoliberal-doctrine-has-failed-iran
Academic conferences
The Iranian Revolt 2017/18: Causes, comparative characteristics and consequences, talk within the the Liberal Arts Lecture Series at Texas A&M University at Qatar, 16/04/2018.
Professional or Trade Press
https://www.foreigffairs.com/ask-the-experts/2019-06-11/harmful-us-sanctions-strategy
Radio
Was bewegt die Jugend in Iran? [What drives the youth in Iran?], Böll.Fokus, Berlin: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 28/03/2018.
Television
Social Media
https://vimeo.com/user14565201
Policy Reports
Policy Briefs
Europe and the Future of Iran Policy: Dealing with a Dual Crisis, Brookings Institution, 2018
Consultancy Reports
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/tackling-me-regions-intersecting-conflicts
Blog(s)
Other
https://www.facebook.com/afnejad https://twitter.com/AFathollahNejad