Dr. Haid Haid is a Syrian columnist and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative. He is also a Consulting Research Fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.

Previously, Dr. Haid was a Programme Manager focusing on Syria and Iraq at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office in Beirut. He has also worked as a Senior Protection Assistant at UNHCR’s Damascus office.

His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a postgraduate diploma in counselling, and two master’s degrees—one in social development and another in conflict resolution. He also holds a PhD in war studies. His interdisciplinary research interests include governance, peacebuilding, political economy, political transition, and accountability.