Dr Wesam Amer is an academic, researcher and consultant specialising in political communication, media and digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and higher education in conflict-affected contexts.
He is Affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge and Founder and Director of Frontline World, with particular attention to Palestine and the wider Middle East.
10 October 2026Invited SpeakerNEU International Conference · Education, war and global solidarity
September 2026 LLSSFeatured SpeakerNEU Annual Conference · Books Not Bombs · Education in conflict
July 2026Co-OrganiserHypermedia Warfare Symposium · King's College, Cambridge
June 2026Invited SpeakerCampus Condorcet, Paris · Academic freedoms · Higher education in Gaza
4–8 June 2026PresenterICA 2026, Cape Town · Destruction of knowledge · Media · Intellectual life
5 May 2026Workshop ParticipantEuropean Parliament · Education in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon
May 2026Delegation MemberJapan delegation · Waseda · Kyoto · Seinan Gakuin
10 March 2026PanellistREAL Centre, Cambridge · Academic freedom · Knowledge sovereignty
Rigorous research, critical analysis and institutional understanding, applied in universities, public debate and professional settings.
Research on communication, technology and political power. Teaching and supervision at Cambridge, with earlier posts in Palestine, Germany and the UK, and guest lectures at Harvard.
Interviews, expert comment, briefings and background analysis on political communication, information warfare, AI-mediated media and the war on Gaza.
Strategic research, institutional advisory, risk and strategic foresight, strategic communication and professional development.
Who can speak, be seen and produce knowledge under conditions of conflict and technological change?
How political actors, movements and media institutions construct narratives and shape public understanding.
How platforms and algorithmic systems transform communication and the visibility of information.
The destruction of educational institutions in conflict, particularly in Palestine, and how academic communities can be restored.
Two frameworks link these areas: Techno-Discursive Critical Analysis (TDCA) and de-scholasticide. Current projects include HYPERWAR, on AI-mediated hypermedia warfare.
Read more on the Research pageMethods, analysis and practice drawn from his research and professional work.
Rights-based policy plan by the Palestinian Technical Working Group, of which he is a member.
Co-organised at King's College, Cambridge, with Cambridge Digital Humanities.
Digital communication strategies of Hamas during the Gaza war since 2023.
For academic collaboration, expert comment, briefings or professional engagements, get in touch.