H. A. Hellyer is a British geopolitical analyst, and scholar in security studies, political economy, history, and belief.
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| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Scholar |
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| Notable works | The Other Europeans: Muslims of Europe A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road Beyond Revolt “A Sublime Way: The Sufi Path of the Sages of Makka” |
| Website | www |
He is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[1] and a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute.[2] He was previously fellow of Cambridge University's Centre for Islamic Studies, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East,[3] and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section.[4]
Hellyer was previously senior practice consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,[5] and senior research fellow at the University of Warwick.[6] Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.[7] Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team.[4]
He is the author of Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans, and A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.
Early life and education
editHellyer was raised between the UK and the Middle East.[5]
Career
editAfter receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.[6] He was appointed as Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.[7]
He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,[8] as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects 'Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism' and 'Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities'.[6]
Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,[9] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.[10] Additionally, as the recipient of a law degree from the University of Sheffield,[3] he taught as a visiting professor of law at the American University in Cairo.[10]
Hellyer was a senior practice consultant and senior analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.[5] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.[11]
Bibliography
edit- H.A. Hellyer. Muslims of Europe: The "Other" Europeans. Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- reviewed by Deepa A. in Islamonline[12]
- Review by T.Parray in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume 31, Issue 2, 2011, pages 293–295[13]
- reviewed by Alexandre Caiero in Review of Middle East Studies Vol. 47, No. 1 (Summer 2013), pp. 89–91
- H.A. Hellyer A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt Hurst and Company/Oxford University Press, 2016
References
edit- ^ "Dr. Hellyer's Carnegie Website"
- ^ Biography of H. A. Hellyer
- ^ a b Council, Atlantic. "H.A. Hellyer". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ a b brookings.edu: Biography of H. A. Hellyer Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c abudhabigallupcenter.com: Biography of H. A. Hellyer[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c warwick.ac.uk: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
- ^ a b communities.gov.uk: "'Preventing Extremism Together' Working Groups", August–October 2005
- ^ youngfoundation.org: Biography of H. A. Hellyer Archived 22 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Working Group Participants" (PDF). The Roles of Muslim-Majority and Muslim-Minority Communities in a Global Context. Saban Centre at the Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Maslaha: Advisors". Dr Hisham Hellyer. Maslaha. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "The chance for change in the Arab World: Egypt's uprising". Chatham House. 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Deepa, D.A. (12 January 2010). "A Review: Muslims of Europe". IslamOnline.
- ^ "Review: Muslims of Europe: The "Other" Europeans, H A Hellyer (2009)". Retrieved 14 May 2016 – via Academia.edu.
External links
edit- The Dialogue Society: Dr H.A. Hellyer
- Institute for Social Policy and Understanding: H.A. Hellyer
- BBC World Service "Doha Debates": This House believes the Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam's reputation as a religion of peace 29 April 2008
- BBC World Service "Doha Debates": Of Minarets, Islam and Switzerland: a conversation with Dr H.A.Hellyer