Mohammedali Yaseen Taha is a Founding Member and the President of Open Think Tank. He holds a PhD in Comparative Politics from the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. Dr. Taha is an adjunct faculty at the American University of Kurdistan, college of International Studies and a lecturer at Nawroz University, College of Law and Politics. He is also the vice president for Administration, finance and student affairs at Nawroz University, a private higher Education University based in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Further, Dr. Taha contributes as an associate researcher at the Institute of Social Science (ICS) at the University of Lisbon. Book Author: Media and Politics in Kurdistan: How Politics and Media are Locked in an Embrace (Rowman and Littlefield-Lexington Books, due out January 2020). Research Area: Political Communication, Political Trust, Political Parties, Media and Politics
Author: Media and Politics in Kurdistan: How Politics and Media are Locked in an Embrace (Rowman and Littlefield-Lexington Books, due out January 2020).
Dr. Nezar Ismet Taib is a medical doctor with a specialization in psychiatry. Nezar was a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the psychosocial education treatment and consulting center-Duhok (PSETC-C) between 2005 and 2006. He is the Head of the Personality Study Bureau for Mental Health Assessment of delinquent children. Since 2008, Nezar Taib has been working part-time for the National Mental Health Consultant to WHO, Iraq office. He has been a lecturer at the College of Medicine and College of Education at the Duhok University. Nezar Taib is also a certified UN counselor in Iraq. He currently is the Director General of Health - Duhok Governorate. Nezar Ismet Taib is a Founding Member and Senior Researcher of the Open Think Tank.
Amjad Rasheed is a research fellow for the Open World Research Initiative (OWRI), funded by the AHRC in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. His research interest is in Middle East Politics and Political Islam. His latest published articles are: “The Kurdish Cause in Iraq: From the Second Republic to the Fall of Kirkuk (2003–2018)”, In Iraq After ISIS, Palgrave Macmillan, and “Syria vs. Iraq: Clashes of Authoritarians”, Middle East Policy. He also contributed and co-edited a volume in the Syrian refugee crisis on Jordan and Lebanon. He is writing a co-writing book for Routledge on Political Islam and the regional order in the Middle East.
Juline Beaujouan is a Research Associate with the Political Settlements Research Programme, based at the University of Edinburgh. She is also a member of the team behind the PA-X Peace Agreements Database. Juline received her Ph.D from Durham University where she was awarded the al-Sabah doctoral fellowship and acted as a member of an interdisciplinary research team acting as a key contributor to the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)’s Open World Research Initiative (OWRI). Her thesis investigated the effects of Islamic State’s use of language in shaping the perception of the Middle Easter audiences about the conflict dynamics in Iraq and Syria.
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