Fethi Mansouri

February 16th, 2011

Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, North America, Oceania
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Continent: Australia

Email: fethi.mansouri@theglobalexperts.org

Professor Mansouri is the Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University and Co-director of the Strategic Research Centre for Comparative Social Research.

He holds a Research Chair in Migration and Intercultural Studies and is the Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University and Co-director of the Strategic Research Centre for Comparative Social Research.Professor Mansouri is also the founding Convener of the Australia-Middle East Research Forum (AMERF)

Professor Mansouri is the author of many books including ‘Lives in Limbo: Voices of Refugees under Temporary Protection’ (UNSW Press, Sydney 2004, with MP Leach), ‘Australia and the Middle East: A Frontline Relationship’ (I.B. Tauris, London/New York 2006); and two edited volumes on ‘Political Islam and Human Security’ and ‘Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West’, (I.B. Tauris/Palgrave: London/New York, 2007, with S Akbarzadeh). His most recent books are ‘Identity, Education, and Belonging: Arab and Muslim Youth in Contemporary Australia’ (MUP, Melbourne 2008, with S Wood) and ‘Youth Identity and Migration: Culture, Values and Social Connectedness’ (2009, Common Ground Publishers, Melbourne). His forthcoming books include ‘Globalisation and the Politics of Forced Migrations’ and ‘Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations’ (Ashgate, 2010).

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