With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?
Amin Naeni published an opinion article in The Conversation. It can be found here
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Congratulations to Prof Ihsan Yilmaz on his new ARC success
The new ARC Discovery Project is titled: Civilisations Mobilisation, Digital Technologies and Social Cohesion, and is led by Professor Ihsan Yilmaz; Dr Priya Chacko and Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc. Project summary: Civilisational populist rulers polarise societies mainly along religious lines. They also interfere with their emigrants, mobilising supporters against other expatriates. This project aims to advance knowledge of authoritarian states’ transnational influence on social cohesion and inter-group conflict. By studying Islamist and Hindutva civilisations mobilisations, their reach into their emigrants via digital technologies, and their impact on Turkish and Indian groups in Australia, the project aims to assist policymakers and community groups by generating conceptual frameworks, benchmarking data, and recommendations for making policies to deal with this phenomenon’s negative effects and for developing intervention strategies.
Great congratulation to Prof Benjamin Isakhan
Congratulations to Prof Benjamin Isakhan for being named Australia’s Leading Researcher in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in the The Australian annual research report.
The Top Institution For Middle East And Islamic Studies Research
MESF Ranked as The Top Institution For Middle East And Islamic Studies Research In Australia In 2022 again
Congratulations Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed
Congratulations to Dr Zahid Shahab’s well_ deserved promotion To Senior Research Fellow.
The Islamic Republic of Iran: Is this the end?
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh spoke at the Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria (AIIA) in a webinar in partnership with MESF at 6:00 pm 8th of November. More info here
Change is in the Air: The Protests in Iran
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh published an opinion article in Democracy Paradox. It can be found here
Authoritarianism, Informal Law, and Legal Hybridity
The Islamisation of the State in Turkey
Prof Ihsan Yilmaz is the editor of this new book published by Palgarave Macmillan. Find the book here.
The Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation is proud to co-lead an international research consortium for Elrha’s Global Prioritisation Exercise
The GPE is a landmark global initiative to map humanitarian research and innovations and investment priorities to improve impact. MESF’s Dr Marian Abouzeid is the Deputy Lead for the mapping component. Find more information here.
Book Launch: Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations (2/3/22)
MESF non-resident member Professor Michelle Pace will be participating in discussions following the launch of the Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations. Find more information and register here.
Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia
MESF Convenor Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed are editors of this new book published by Palgarave Macmillan. Find the book here.
Decolonising (Knowledge on) Euro–Mediterranean Relations: Insights on Shared Histories and Futures
MESF’s non-resident member Professor Michelle Pace has published a chapter in ‘Decolonising (Knowledge on) Euro–Mediterranean Relations: Insights on Shared Histories and Futures‘ (IAI Research Studies). Read the chapter ‘Concluding Reflections: Decolonising Knowledge on Euro–Mediterranean Relations’ here.