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Phil Leech
University of Exeter
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Stockor Road University of Exeter
Exeter EX4 4ND
United Kingdom
ABOUT
Phil recently finished his PhD, entitled: “Mis-Stating Palestine: A critical analysis of Fayyadism and the Palestinian Authority’s agenda 2007-11” at the Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK. Before starting at Exeter, he graduated with a distinction from a Master of Arts programme at Lancaster University's Richardson Institute for Peace Studies. His previous research work has been into the role of youth in resistance in the West Bank, which was published as a monograph in 2009. Phil was a Junior Research Fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant (Amman) in 2011-12, a Kathryn Davis Fellow at Middlebury Arabic Summer School in 2009 and was awarded the University of Exeter's Arab and Islamic Studies Studentship 2008-11. His areas of interest include international relations, political economy and approaches to conflict analysis. Phil has published a number of papers including for the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies (Doha Institute) in May 2012, the Council for British Research in the Levant Bulletin (2012) and the International Sociological Association (ISA) E-Bulletin (2009). Phil also has written a has a range of shorter articles for publications such as the Guardian’s Comment is Free, OpenDemocracy, ThinkIR, e-International Relations and the Gulf States Newsletter. He is also on twitter @phil_haqeeqa.
Discipline
International Relations/Affairs
Sub Areas
Conflict Resolution
Peace Studies
Identity/Representation
Political Economy
Geographic Areas of Interest
Palestine
Israel
Turkey
Gulf
Jordan
Specialties
Palestine
Factonalism
Neo-liberalism
Languages
English (native)
Arabic (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Turkish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2012 | IAIS | University of Exeter
MA (Hons) | 2007 | Peace Studies | Lancaster University
BA | 2006 | Politics and Philosophy | Lancaster University
Abstracts
Analysing popular consent and the Palestinian Authority’s security agenda after 2007