Selkestr. 24a Berlin, 12053 Phone: +4915111651619 E-Mail: Ilyas.saliba@wzb.eu Education Ph.D. 10/2013 Berlin Graduate School for Social Sciences at Humboldt University Berlin Thesis Authoritarian Learning in times of Contentious Politics. Investigating the impact of learning on political elites and decision making during the Arab Uprisings. Supervisors: Wolfgang Merkel (HU & WZB) & Donatella Della Porta (EUI & SNS) Guest researcher at EUI Fiesole, Department for Political Science 09-12/2014 Guest researcher at AUC Cairo, Department for Political Science 03-07/2015 Guest researcher at EGE Rabat, CRESC 09-12/2015 Full scholarship offers by the EUI Fiesole and CEU Budapest M.A. 10/2013 Comparative & International Studies at ETH Zürich, grade average 5.25/6.0 (6-1) Thesis: Authoritarian Resilience in Moments of Contestation: Morocco during the Uprisings Supervisors: Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH) & Wolfgang Merkel (HU & WZB), grade 5.5/6 Fieldwork in Morocco, February 2012 Semester at Free University Berlin, Otto-Suhr-Institute 10/2012-02/2013 B.A. 10/2011 Political Science at University of Hamburg, grade average 1.4/1.0 (1-6) Experience Thesis: EU Foreign Policy towards Libya Supervisors: Petra Dobner & Kai-Uwe Schnapp (both Uni Hamburg), grade: 1,3/1.0 Semester at University of Gothenburg, School of Global Studies 07-12/2009 WZB - Social Science Center Berlin Research Fellow at the Democracy & Democratization Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the EUI, Fiesole Programme Associate Europe in the World Program. Adopt a Revolution, Leipzig Research Consultant, translator and editor Consulting in designing the first survey conducting amongst Syrian refugees CSS - Center for Security Studies, Zürich Research Assistant, conducted expert interviews for a research project on securitization of public places CIS - Center for Comparative & International Studies, Zürich Research Assistant at the chair for European Politics (Schimmelfennig) Coding secondary law on exemptions & irregularities of integration Research project: Differentiated Integration in the EU SWP - German Institute for International & Security Affairs, Berlin Research Assistant with the research division for international security Analyzing the EU crisis management institutions & capabilities Since 01/2013 Since 10/2014 Since 08/2014 08-10/2013 09/2011-09/2012 03-06/2011
Page 2 IFSH Institute for Peace Research & Security Policy, Hamburg Research Assistant at the Centre for European Peace & Security Studies Research project: PiraT on maritime security & terrorism Supporting application, database management, editorial work Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg Research Assistant at the chair for Global Governance (Antje Wiener) Project management & budget planning for the research project: Dialogue & Diversity in Diplomatic Interaction 01/10-03/2011 10/08-03/2011 Teaching Experience Humboldt University, Berlin Introduction to Political Theory Ø Lecturing a course for undergraduates in social science ETH Zürich Conflict Research 2 Contemporary Conflicts Ø Teaching Assistant at chair of Political Violence (Cederman) University of Hamburg Introduction to social science methods Ø Teaching Assistant at chair of Methodology (Schnapp) 04-10/2014 04-10/2012 09/08-02/2012 Scholarships & Awards Trajectories of Change Fellowship Scholarship by the Bucerius Zeit Foundation to conduct fieldwork related to the dissertation project in Egypt and Morocco 3.000 DAAD & APSA graduate student travel grants DAAD travel grant for American Political Science Association yearly meeting 1.700 APSA graduate student travel grant for yearly meeting in San Francisco 500 Studienkolleg zu Berlin Scholarship by Herthie-Stiftung & the German academic association 10.000 International & Interdisciplinary program for excellent students Project Manager: Research project on youth unemployment & migration Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Scholarship holder of the German national academic association 5.000 STIP-OUT scholarship Awarded for excellent outgoing students at University of Hamburg 1.000 Banco Santander scholarship Awarded for excellent students at the IARU Summerschool Program 1.500 11/2014 09/2015 09/2012-10/2013 10/2010-10/2013 08/2009-02/2010 08-09/2012
Page 3 Skills Languages (Native German) English: Fluent written & oral (TOEFL ITB: 113/120) French: Basic knowledge (Level B1) Arabic, Dutch & Spanish: Basic knowledge (Level A2) Workshops, Summer Schools & Certificates Oslo Summer School in Comparative Authoritarianism (Joseph Wright) IPSA Summer School in Case Study Methodology (Derek Beach) IARU Summer School: Security: Theories & Dilemmas of the Concept (Ole Waever) Pedagogical seminar for lecturers: Teaching at University at WZB QCA workshop at BGSS (Claudius Wagemann) Process Tracing workshop at the Hertie School of Governance (Derek Beach) Case Selection workshop at the WZB (Gary Goertz) Project management, team management, negotiation & rhetorical workshops Extensive fieldwork experiences in qualitative interviewing & elite interviews Self-management for PhD students at the Humboldt Graduate School DAAD workshop: Presenting at international conferences Software Microsoft Office (Power Point, Outlook, Word, Excel) & MS Project Statistics with Stata & SPSS Comparative Qualitative Analysis with Kirq and fsqca Text analysis with MaxQDA Bibliographic software: Citavi, Mendeley, Zotero, Papers & Endnote Web content management software: Typo 3 Engagement & Memberships Doctoral representative and member of the selection committee for the Berlin Graduate School for Social Sciences at Humboldt University Since 06/2014 Studienstiftung Selection Committee member of German academic council Since 06/2014 Morus 14: Tutition for disadvantaged children in Berlin-Neukölln 01/2013-09/2014 Waterpolo at national level: SV Poseidon & SC Winterthur & SG Neukölln 01/2007-09/2014 APSA American Political Science Association Since 03/2015 DVPW Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft Since 06/2014 EPSA European Political Science Association Since 01/2015 DAVO German Middle Eastern Studies Association Since 01/2015 MESA Middle Eastern Studies Association Since 01/2014 ECPR Standing Group on Political Violence Since 02/2014
Page 4 Publications Chapter: Das Dilemma der Gleichzeitigkeit with Wolfgang Merkel in: Handbuch zur Transformationsforschung edited by Raj Kollmorgen, Wolfgang Merkel and Hans-Jürgen Wagner, VS Verlag Blog contribution: "The Securitisation of Stability and the Demise of the Arab Uprisings" at the LSE Middle East Blog - available online Article: Security of the Public Sphere: Meeting place in an area of tension between control, freedom and democracy. with Jonas Hagmann in: Bulletin zur Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik 2013 Blog contribution: Prospects for the Middle East Democratization & the Arab Spring in the science category of the IFAIR think tank - available online Chapter: The Mideast conflict 2011 in: Das Kriegsgeschehen 2011 Daten und Tendenzen der Kriege und bewaffneten Konflikte edited by Wolfgang Schreiber 2015 2015 2013 2012 forthcoming Review: Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik Anspruch oder Wirklichkeit? Volker Epping, Christiane Lemke, Alim Baluch (Edts.), Berlin, in S+F. Sicherheit + Frieden. Security + Peace, volume 4/2011; p. 292-4 Review: Geheimdienste in Europa - Transformation, Kooperation und Kontrolle Thomas Jäger, Anna Daun (Edts.), Wiesbaden (VS Verlag), in S+F. Sicherheit + Frieden. Security + Peace, volume 2/2011; p. 137-8 Review: The Afghanistan Challenge: Hard Realities & Strategic Choices Hans- Georg Ehrhart / Charles C. Pentland (Edts.), McGill Queens University Press in S+F. Sicherheit + Frieden. Security + Peace, volume 2/2010; p. 124-5 Peer-reviews: Leviathan Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft Since 10/2014 Conference Presentations and Talks Expert Seminar: Law & Politics of State Transformation at EUI (invite) 2011 2011 2010 2015 Florence AUC MENA Working group at the American University in Cairo Cairo 2015 APSA American Political Science Association Annual Meeting EPSA European Political Science Association General Conference DVPW Comparative Politics Section Meeting MESA Middle Eastern Studies Association Meeting ECPR Joint Sessions European consortium for Political Research CAS & WZB New Forms of Authoritarianism symposium (invite) IDCAR International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarianism Europe in the World Research Seminar Series by the Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies at the EUI (invite) BGSS Research Working Group International Diffusion of contention and Resilience during the Arab Uprisings (organizer) Studienkolleg Understandings of Democracy in Europe and the World Workshop: Understandings of Democracy in the Arab World (organizer) 2015 San Francisco 2015 Vienna 2015 Hamburg 2014 Washington DC 2014 Salamanca 2014 Berlin 2014 Hamburg 2014 Florence 2013 Berlin 2014 Berlin
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