Carl Rihan

Short CV

since 03/2022: Associate at the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies and Member of GIGA Research Programme 1

since 2021: Lecturer, Saint-Joseph University – Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights Global Campus

since 2021: Social Studies Instructor, Ecole Jeannine Manuel – Lille

since 2021: Research Associate to the Co-Chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration

2019 - 2021: Lecturer, Lebanese American University

2018 - 2021: Research Associate to Member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration

2015 - 2016: Research Affiliate, American University of Beirut – Center for Arab and Middle East Studies

2015 - 2021: Social Studies Instructor, International College - Beirut

2014: Consultant, Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

2013 - 2018: Research Affiliate, SciencesPo Department of History

2010 - 2021: Programme Coordinator, Department of Research and Publications, Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

2009 - 2010: Associate Programme Coordinator, Department of External Relations and Partnership-Building, Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

Education:

• PhD, History, Sciences Po Paris (2018),
• MA, Political Studies, American University of Beirut (2013),
• BA, Political Studies, American University of Beirut (2008)

Current Research

• State-Building and State Transformation in the Middle East
• International Organizations and Public Administration in the Middle East
• Economic Development and Political Mobilization in Arab States
• Geopolitics, Militarization, and Violent Extremism in the Middle East

Countries and Regions

• Syria and Lebanon