Photo: CHRIS POOK / Shutterstock.com Lead researcher(s): Omar al-Jaffal, Safaa Khalaf, Taif Alkhudary, Marwa Abdul Ridah, Anfal Abed, Amal Kabashi, Benedict Robin-D’Cruz, Jessica Watkins,,Falah Mubarak Bardan, Abdulkareem al-Jarba, Thaer Shaker Mahmoud, Mahdi al-Delaimi, Abdulazez Abbas al-Jassem, Moataz Ismail Khalaf, Dhair Faysal Bidewi, Sajad Jiyad.
Partner(s): LSE Middle East Centre
Duration: January 2021 – March 2021
Country: Iraq
Research at the LSE Middle East Centre focuses on the societies, economies, politics, and international relations of the region. The centre hosts over 30 research projects on diverse themes, drawing on LSE’s wide-ranging expertise in social science to promote innovative multidisciplinary research and understanding of the region.
XCEPT supported the delivery of nine research reports through this award. These included a report on the 2018-2020 Basra protests, changes in Iraq’s democratic system, and the social logics of protest in Iraq.
Explore the research here.