People
Professor Raymond Hinnebusch
Raymond Hinnebusch is Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews and founder of the Centre for Syrian Studies. He has recently participated in projects on Sectarianism after the Arab uprisings; divergent regime pathways from the uprising, and proxy wars and reconstruction in Syria. His supervision specialties include Syrian politics; state formation in MENA; sectarianism and regional conflict and Foreign Policies of Middle East states.
- Email:
- rh10@st-
- andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2861
- Further details on: Academia.edu LinkedIn ResearchGate
Dr. Matteo Fumagalli
Dean of Graduate Studies, Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS)
Director, Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus Studies (MECACS)
Director, Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS)
Dr. Matteo is a senior lecturer at the Department of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His research interests lie at the intersection of the study of identities, ethnic conflict and violence and the (geo-)politics of natural resources. I have conducted research in the post-Soviet space (especially Central Asia and the South Caucasus) and East Asia (esp. Myanmar, Laos, and South Korea).
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Ola Rifai
Ola Rifai is the Deputy Director at the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS). She holds an MA in International Politics from City University in London, 2011. And MPhil Degree in International Relations from St. Andrews University 2013. Her main research interests include international politics of the Middle East, identity politics, nationalism and ethnic conflict in the contemporary Middle East.
Some of her publications are : Ola Rifai, “Secterianization in Homs and Damascus: A Tale of Two Different Cities” in R Hinnebusch and M Volbjorn, Secterianism and Civil War in Syria 2025, Routledge: London and New York. Ola Rifai, “The Sunni/Alawite identity clashes during the Syrian Uprising” in R, Hinnebusch and O. Imady the Syrian Uprising; Domestic Origins and Early Trajectory (2018)’; Routledge London. And Ola Rifai and Raymond Hinnebusch “Syria identity, state formation and citizenship” in N Butenschon and R. Meijer, ed The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World (2017) Brill; Boston. Further details on: LinkedIn . Email: [email protected]
