
Jamil Mouawad
Arab Reform Initiative Team
Jamil Mouawad is a Senior Fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative in charge of the independent professional associations project in the Arab world. He is also a lecturer in politics at the American University of Beirut, where he teaches courses in Public Policy, Political Science and Lebanese politics. He holds a PhD in politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is a former Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.
Jamil is a founding member of the Beirut School for Critical Security Studies, and the coordinator of the Ethics in Social sciences project initiated by the Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS).
His research interests in state-society relations span the subfields of comparative politics and political economy. He has several scientific publications and is a regular commentator on Lebanese politics.
Publications

Between the Significance of Roles and the Challenges of Organization and Representation: Independent Professional Unions in the Arab World
Lebanese Trade Unions and Independent Professional Associations: A Review in Light of the Popular Movement

Nizar Saghieh – No society disappears through bankruptcy: Its vitality alone can ensure accountability

One Year into Lebanon's “17 October Uprising”: Is There a Reason to Celebrate?
