Our Team

Mapping Connections brings together a team of researchers and support staff at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (University of Exeter), a six-person International Advisory Board, and fourteen Early Career Researchers. To find out more, see the information on our project team below.

IAIS Project team

  • Adam Hanieh

    Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS)

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  • Sarah Wood

    Research Project Coordinator, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS)

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  • Safa Joudeh

    Research Fellow, Mapping Connections, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) January 2025

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  • Mingyi Liu

    Research Fellow, Mapping Connections, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) September 2023 - April 2024

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  • Kanwal Hameed

    Research Fellow, Mapping Connections, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) September 2023 - June 2024

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International Advisory Board

  • Arang Keshavarzian

    Associate Professor and Department Chair, NYU

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  • Maha Abdelrahman

    Professor in Development Studies and Middle East Politics, University of Cambridge

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  • Zachary Lockman

    Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and History, NYU

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  • Seteney Shami

    Director-General of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences

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  • Laleh Khalili

    Al Qasimi Professor of Gulf Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS)

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  • Tim Pringle

    Reader in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London

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Early Career Researchers