Ahmed Elsayed
Ahmed Elsayed is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) at the University of Bremen. He currently works within the Project Groups "Social Policy and Rural Development in Africa" in the CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy". He assumed various research roles at different research institutions, think tanks, and human rights organisations in Cairo, Berlin, and Washington D.C. His research foci are legitimacy, power, armed groups, democratisation, human rights, extremism and conflict transformation in the Middle East.
Ahmed Elsayed is the Press Emblem Campaign's 2011 award laureate and a DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Program and Chevening Scholar. His articles on Middle Eastern and global politics have appeared on Arabic and international news and media platforms. His has a Master’s in Politics with distinction from the University of East Anglia, UK, and a Master’s in Public Policy from Hertie School, Germany.
Ahmed Elsayed is part of the research project "Politics of Legitimacy of Armed Groups", funded by the German Research Society (DFG), and led by Dr. Stephan Hensell and Prof. Klaus Schlichte. Previously, Ahmed took part in the Berghof Foundation's research project "Salafi-jihadi groups – (De)escalation trajectories and dialogue options", funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF).
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2023: From the Mountains to the Élysée: The Precarious International Legitimacy of the Syrian Kurdish YPG and PYD. In: The Middle East Journal 77 (1), 53-77.
Göldner-Ebenthal, Karin; Elsayed, Ahmed, 2019: Salafi jihadi armed groups and conflict (de-)escalation: The case of Ahrar al-Sham in Syria/2019, Berghof Foundation.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2019: Boboev v. Tajikistan. Headnote report, Oxford Public International Law.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2019: The battle over the memory of Egypt’s revolution, Open Democracy.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2019: Bernie Sanders w al-Qadeyya al-Filastiniyah’ (Bernie Sanders and the Palestinian Cause), Al Jumhuriya.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2018: Egypt’s Social Welfare: A Lifeline for the People or the Ruling Regime?, in: E-International Relations, 23.07.2018.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2016: The Moment the Revolution Broke Down in Tears, Open Democracy.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2015: The Dilemma of Middle Eastern Democracy, in: E-International Relations, 04.10.2015.
Elsayed, Ahmed, 2015: The Eclipse of Pan-Arab Nationalism, in: E-International Relations, 25.05.2015.
Ahmed Elsayed presented his paper "The Curios Case of the Syrian Kurdish YPG/PYD's International Legitimacy" at the Arab Garduate Students Conference, held in Doha between 26 and 28 March 2022. The conference is organised and hosted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.