Drawing on research, teaching and academic leadership, I help universities, governments, non-profits, media organisations and private-sector teams turn evidence and expertise into practical results: clearer strategies, stronger programmes, better-designed research and more skilled people.
My focus is the Middle East and its connections with Europe. Larger projects are delivered through Frontline World, the consultancy I founded.
Each service says who it is for and what you receive.
For organisations that need rigorous, evidence-based analysis of political communication, media, digital technologies, artificial intelligence and conflict. I produce commissioned studies, analytical reports, policy and briefing papers and literature reviews, and I assess information environments and communication in conflict-affected contexts.
For universities, research institutions and organisations working in changing or difficult conditions. I advise on higher education strategy, governance and organisational analysis, programme and curriculum development, quality assurance, research capacity and institutional assessment, and on university recovery, reconstruction and academic continuity. I draw on my experience as a university Dean and my research on rebuilding higher education.
For academics, postgraduate researchers, research teams and institutions carrying out qualitative, digital or interdisciplinary research. I help shape research questions and design, literature reviews and theoretical frameworks, and the analysis of discourse, narratives, social media, images and networks, through to interpretation and academic writing.
For universities, public institutions, NGOs, media organisations and research teams. Programmes are tailored to the audience and delivered as seminars, intensive workshops, short courses or training days. Four themes and a featured training day are set out below.
For organisations that need to understand communication challenges and shape public and institutional engagement. I analyse strategic and political communication, narratives and media representation, digital platform environments, communication in conflict-affected contexts, and AI-generated and manipulated media, and I advise on media monitoring and audience engagement. I also offer media training and communication strategy.
For universities, research centres, international conferences, public institutions and professional associations. I give invited lectures, keynotes, conference presentations, panel contributions, expert briefings, seminars and moderated conversations on political communication, media and conflict; AI and digital technologies; platforms and algorithmic power; higher education, scholasticide and reconstruction; academic leadership; and research methods.
Programmes are tailored to the audience and delivered as seminars, intensive workshops, short courses or training days.
A full, intensive day for academics on preparing competitive applications for British and European research funding.
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Every engagement is shaped to the client's aims, audience and context.
A short conversation to understand the aim, the audience and the constraints.
A clear scope, outputs and timetable before work begins.
Work carried out in the format that fits, with evidence-led analysis and sensitivity to context.
Support after delivery, so that advice and training turn into practice.
Delivery: in person, online or hybrid.
Each point links to the page that gives the evidence.
Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication and Languages at Gaza University (2020–2023), with experience in programme development, quality assurance and postgraduate education.
See Academic LeadershipResearch on political communication, AI-mediated conflict and higher education, including the HYPERWAR project and the TDCA framework.
See ResearchTeaching and guest lecturing in Palestine, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States.
See TeachingTypical outputs: commissioned study, analytical report, policy or briefing paper, research synthesis.
Frontline World Ltd, which I founded and direct, is the consultancy through which wider institutional programmes, strategic research and advisory projects, risk and strategic foresight, strategic communication and professional training are delivered. It provides an organisational platform for broader programmes, connecting research, insight, foresight and action.
Individual engagements such as lectures, expert comment, advisory sessions, mentoring and commissioned analysis can be arranged with me directly. If you are unsure which route fits, get in touch and I will advise.