Presentations:
Conflict Dynamics Workshop, October 2024
Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh and PeaceRep, September 2024
International Studies PhD Workshop, Università degli Studi di Parma, June 2024 (organised by the Standing Group of International Relations (SGRI) of the Italian Political Science Association) - Presenter: "What's On The List? Examining Violence Against Peacekeepers"
Conflict and Contentious Politics Workshop, University of Essex, May 2024 - Presenter: "What's On The List? Examining Violence Against Peacekeepers"
Webinar on “Addressing Knowledge Gaps in the Nexus of Climate, Peace & Security and its intersection with Human Mobility", May 2024 - Presenter: “Knowledge Gaps in the Nexus of Climate, Peace and Security”
International Studies Association Annual Convention, Spring 2022 - Virtual Presentation on the Panel on "Regional Politics: A Wider Discipline for A Smaller World", 2023 - withdrawn due to delays in visa processing
Policy and Practice:
Austrian Forum for Peace, July 2023 - Participant and presenter in the expert workshop on "Experience Sharing for Environmental Peacebuilding" at the intersection of policy, practice, and capacity development, which involved a wide range of practitioners, researchers, and national officials within the inaugural edition of the Forum, which provided an opportunity to discuss innovative approaches and partnerships, as well European-African cooperation on peace, security, and climate.
Regional Workshop for the Members of the Emergency Committee for the Protection of Women during Armed Conflicts in the Arab Region, June 2023 - hosted by the League of Arab States and UN WOMEN.
United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), November 2022 - Delegation of the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA). Focal Point for Climate and Peacebuilding within the COP27 Presidency Initiative on ’Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace (CRSP)’.
Faculty of Social Sciences Partnership PhD Scholarship, in partnership with Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) — October 2023 - present (tuition and stipend)
Italian Political Science Association (SISP) — June 2024 - Travel Grant to attend the International Studies PhD Workshop and the annual conference of the Standing Group of International Relations (SGRI) at the University of Parma, Italy. (€200)
University of Essex Department of Government MA/MSc Scholarship — July 2021 - Full funding to attend the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (£1000)
University of Essex Africa Scholarship Programme — 2020/2021 - Partial funding award towards MSc Degree (£4000)
Academic Excellence and Achievement Award — 2019 - Department of Political Science, Cairo University
Kennedy‑Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) — August 2014 - June 2015 - United States Department of State Scholarship Recipient