The Effect of Developmental Grievances, State Fragility and External Interventions on Conflicts and Conflict Prevention in the MENA Region

This is the second webinar in our newly launched MENASP Webinar Series: Knowledge, Social Policy and People.

Guest Speaker: Timo Kivimäki

Professor Kivimäki joined the University of Bath in January 2015. Previously he has held professorships at the University of Helsinki, University of Lapland, and at the University of Copenhagen. Professor Kivimäki has also been director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Copenhagen) and the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Helsinki. In addition to purely academic work, Professor Kivimäki has been a frequent consultant to the Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Russian, Malaysian, Indonesian and Swedish governments, as well as to several UN and EU organizations on conflict and terrorism.