Research
My own research agenda — independent of, and in dialogue with, my institutional roles. Each project lists the institutions involved and its publications.
Themes
International politics and peace & conflict research
Conflict analysis, peacebuilding and the role of external actors in protracted conflicts.
Mediation and international negotiation
Multi-track approaches that connect official diplomacy with expert and civil-society channels.
The Middle East conflict and German policy towards Israel
German–Israeli relations, historical responsibility and Staatsräson, and Germany's positions in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Political systems and transformation in the Middle East and North Africa
Authoritarianism, political stability and participation in Egypt and Tunisia since the 2011 uprisings.
Projects: Ongoing
Germany, Israel and the Middle East conflict
How has the Federal Republic of Germany positioned itself towards Israel, the Arab states and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict since 1949 — from the Hallstein Doctrine and Ostpolitik to today's notion of Israel's security as German Staatsräson? The project connects diplomatic history with current debates and feeds directly into teaching at the University of Vienna.
University of Vienna
Read moreEgypt and Tunisia after the Arab uprisings
Long-term research on revolution as a process: political stability, authoritarianism and social participation in Egypt and Tunisia, from the 2011 uprisings to fifteen years on — including field research in Cairo, the edited volume Revolution as a Process (2014) and a 2026 paper.
Austrian Centre for Peace · University of Innsbruck
Read moreInternational mediation in a fragmented world
Shifting dynamics of international mediation and the role small, neutral states such as Austria can play — including multi-track approaches that link official, expert and civil-society channels.
Austrian Centre for Peace
Read moreProjects: Completed
Hannah-Arendt Initiative
A ministerial multi-stakeholder programme of the German Federal Foreign Office for the protection of journalists and human rights defenders in crisis contexts, including exiled Ukrainian journalists. Adham Hamed conceived and coordinated the initiative.
German Federal Foreign Office
Read morePeace and conflict studies for reconciliation in Iraq
A UNDP-supported cooperation with Iraqi universities to establish peace and conflict studies in the Iraqi higher education system, including teaching at the University of Baghdad and the pilot study Elicitive Peace and Conflict Monitoring (UNDP, 2020).
University of Innsbruck · UNDP Iraq · University of Baghdad
Read morePeace and development studies in Ethiopia (APPEAR)
An APPEAR-funded partnership between Haramaya University and the University of Innsbruck to strengthen institutional capacity in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, resulting in new curricula and the manual Elicitive Curricular Development (2019).
Haramaya University · University of Innsbruck · APPEAR
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