Abdullah al-Jabassini is currently a CIVICA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations at the Central European University in Vienna, an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, and an Associate Researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies in Bonn.
Previously, al-Jabassini was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He was also a Research Fellow for the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria and the Syrian Trajectories projects at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute.
His main research interests include political violence and civil war, dynamics of insurgency formation, wartime social order, third-party intervention in civil conflicts, authoritarian conflict management, peacebuilding and reconciliation processes, rebel-military integration, and local governance in areas of limited statehood.
Education
Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury.
Regions of expertise
Southern Syria
Issues of expertise
Political violence and civil war, dynamics of insurgency formation, wartime social order, third-party intervention in civil conflicts, authoritarian conflict management, peacebuilding and reconciliation processes, rebel-military integration, and local governance in areas of limited statehood.
Languages
English, Arabic
Selected Publications:
- “From Rebel Rule to a Post-Capitulation Era in Daraa Southern Syria: The Impacts and Outcomes of Rebel Behaviour During Negotiations”, (European University Institute, January 2019).
- “From Insurgents to Soldiers: The Fifth Assault Corps in Daraa, Southern Syria”, (European University Institute, May 2019).
- “Governance in Daraa, Southern Syria: The Roles of Military and Civilian Intermediaries”, (European University Institute, November 2019).
- “Festering Grievances and the Return to Arms in Southern Syria”, (European University Institute, April 2020).
- “The Baath Party, Local Notables and Coronavirus Community Response Initiatives in Southern Syria”, (European University Institute, May 2020).
