Weatherhead Scholars Program

Mustapha Alhassan

Mustapha Alhassan

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Programme Manager, Global Conflict Response and Prevention, Neem Foundation.

Research interests: Indigenous knowledge systems and peace building; alternative pathways to ending fragility; and violence and conflict in Nigeria.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Paige Bollen

Paige Bollen

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research interests: Urban politics; built environment; contact theory; political psychology; race and ethnicity; and sub-Saharan Africa.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fabricio Chagas-Bastos

Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

Research interests: Political psychology in international relations; public opinion and foreign policy; security studies; Latin American politics; and the Global South.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Anirvan Chowdhury

Anirvan Chowdhury

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of California Berkeley.

Research interests: Comparative politics; political economy of development; religion; gender; political parties; and South Asia.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Paulina Deryło-Peltz

Paulina Deryło-Peltz

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (spring 2024). Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland.

Research interests: Hybrid threats; disinformation; cybersecurity; social and mass media manipulation; AI's role in disinformation campaigns; cyber-enabled disinformation; and contemporary Russia.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Natalia Dopazo

Natalia Dopazo

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Urban Planner.

Research interests: Feminist urban planning; decolonization; urban design; modern architecture; patriarchal cities; extractivism; and racism in design.
Pronouns: she/her

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Kieran Doyle

Kieran Doyle

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Assistant Director, Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, Maynooth University.

Research interests: Conflict intervention and development; EU Common Security and Defence Policy; postconflict security; civilian missions; capacity building; and normative relations.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Asmaa Elgamal

Asmaa Elgamal

Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research interests: Development planning; militarism and securitization; colonial history; politics of knowledge production; conflict and peace building; environmental history; historical ethnography; and politics of Middle East and North Africa.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Omri Elmaleh

Omri Elmaleh

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History, Tel Aviv University.

Research interests: Modern Middle East; Latin American studies; ethnicity and diaspora; transnationalism, migration, return migration, and identity; and border studies.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
James Fry

James D. Fry

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Associate Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong.
Research interests: International law; international dispute settlement; international organizations; diplomatic history; East Asia; Middle East; and Europe.
61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Camille Hamidi

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (spring 2024); Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Lyon.
Research interests: Political sociology; ethnicity and politics; discrimination; and voluntary associations and politics.
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Mohammad Tarikul Islam

Mohammad Tarikul Islam

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (spring 2024). Professor, Department of Government and Politics, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Research interests: Local government; human security; sustainable development; diplomacy; and Bangladesh studies.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Aleksander Iwanicki

Aleksander Iwanicki

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland.

Research interests: Modern diplomacy, Middle East and North Africa, Confidence-building measures and conflict resolution, US foreign policy, multilateralism and globalisation.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138