H. A. Hellyer

Dr H.A. Hellyer, speaking on the BBC's 'Doha Debates'

Hisham A. Hellyer writes on the politics of the modern Middle East, religion and politics, majority-minority relations, security issues and the Muslim world - West relations.[1] A nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section,[2] and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute,[3] he was also Democracy Non-Resident Fellow for the academic year 2014 - 2015 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.[4]

Dr Hellyer was previously Senior Practice Consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,[5] and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.[6] Dr Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.[7] Dr. Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team.[2]

Early life and education

Hellyer was raised between the UK and the Arab world, spending a great deal of time in Cairo, Egypt, as well as Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[5]

Career

After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.[6] He was appointed by David Miliband to Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.[7]

He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,[8] as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects ‘Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism’ and ‘Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities’.[6]

Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,[9] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.[10] Additionally, while he is in no way a lawyer, he taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at the American University in Cairo.[10]

Hellyer is a Europe Fellow of the Islamic Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in Detroit, Michigan, and has contributed a number of blogs to its website.[11]

Hellyer was a Senior Practice Consultant and Senior Analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.[5] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sissi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.[12]

Middle East

Hellyer has been described as an expert on the Middle East. For example, in 2009, he gave an invited talk at the UK Embassy in Bahrain.[13][14]

In 2010, Hellyer took part in a series of debates entitled "The future of Islam in Europe" and hosted by the British Council in Switzerland.[15]

In 2011, Hellyer gave a seminar in Singapore for the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the "Arab Spring".[16]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Hellyer's Website"
  2. 1 2 brookings.edu: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  3. ↑ rusi.org: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  4. ↑ ash.harvard.edu: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  5. 1 2 3 abudhabigallupcenter.com: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  6. 1 2 3 warwick.ac.uk: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  7. 1 2 communities.gov.uk: "'Preventing Extremism Together' Working Groups", August-October 2005
  8. ↑ youngfoundation.org: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
  9. ↑ "Working Group Participants" (PDF). The Roles of Muslim-Majority and Muslim-Minority Communities in a Global Context. Saban Centre at the Brookings Institution. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Maslaha: Advisors". Dr Hisham Hellyer. Maslaha. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  11. ↑ "ISPU Scholars". H.A. HELLYER - EUROPE FELLOW. Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  12. ↑ "The chance for change in the Arab World: Egypt's uprising". Chatham House. 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ "UK in Bahrain". The British Embassy in Bahrain organised a lecture by leading British academic Dr. Hisham Hellyer. British Embassy Bahrain. 24 Nov 2009. Retrieved 2 Sep 2015.
  14. ↑ Gulf Daily News: Bahrain talk
  15. ↑ Morrissey, Caroline (11 March 2010). "Our Shared Europe". The future of Islam in Europe. British Council. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  16. ↑ "IISS Asia Seminar Series". The Arab Spring turning into the Arab Summer: Seasonal Challenges in Egypt. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 8 July 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2012.

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