
In collaboration with ACCORD, FBA presents a new series of research briefs highlighting different aspects of mediation.
FBA's Unit for Research and Development
Abdalhadi Alijla is a senior research officer on the research, development and evidence programme. At FBA, he works with research promotion within FBA's areas of expertise.
He has extensive experience of policy-oriented research from the Middle East, Europe and the Western Balkans. His research focuses on trust in public institutions and between individuals in divided societies and how armed non-governmental actors negotiate power and legitimacy in society.
He has previously worked as a senior researcher at the EU Regional Maddad Fund for Syrian crisis in Lebanon, with a focus on social cohesion. He has also worked for many international NGOs in the Middle East and Europe, such as Transparency International, Adyan Foundation, International Alert, GiZ, and the United Nations Volunteer Programme.
He is the author of “Trust in Divided Societies” by Bloomsbury Academics. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Orient Institute in Beirut (OIB). Since 2021, he is an associate researcher in the Varieties of Democracy Institute at the University of Gothenburg, as well as for SEPAD, sectarianism, proxies and de-sectorisation, at Lancaster University and for the Center for Social Sciences and Actions in Beirut, Lebanon.
He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Milan, a master's degree in political science from Zeppelin University, and a bachelor's degree from Al-Azhar University in Gaza. Click here to see a list of Abdalhadi's publications.
FBA's Unit for Research and Devlopment | the Middle East | social capital | social cohesion and conflict | conflict analysis | negotiation with non-governmental armed actors
Colombia, peace-building and mediation
Colombia, ELN, FN peace operations and inclusion issues
Afghanistan and peace operations
South Sudan, Colombia, Sierra Leone and preventive diplomacy
Security sector reform
Youth, peace and security
Women, peace and security
State-building and human security
Leadership and cooperation in peace operations
International peace operations and civil-military cooperation
Head of Research
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Western Balkans
Palestine and state-building
Liberia
The African Union and peace operations
Research in developing countries, Africa, control of small arms
Civilian crisis management and international deployments
Myanmar, peace and democracy building
Support to peace processes
Latin America and disarmament of ex-combatants
Election observation
Iraq and Palestine
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