Dr. Elizabeth Iskander Monier

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Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Biographical data:

• Education: PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge, MA in International and Comparative Law from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, BA in Arabic and Politics from the University of Exeter
• Professional career:
  
  

  Since 2013:	Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick
  2012-2013:	Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hamburg International Graduate School for the Study of Regional Powers
  January 2012-April 2012:	Consultant at Libyabusiness.tv
  November 2011-April 2012:	Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics
  November 2010-November 2011:	Research Fellow at the London School of Economics
  April 2010-September 2011:	Contributing writer for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
  September 2008-August 2010:	Director of Research-Next Century Foundation
  November 2009-May 2010:	University Tutor at the University of Cambridge

Current research:

• Arabic media
• politics of identity and power in the Middle East
• Egyptian politics and society
• Arab-Iranian relations
• sectarianism
• the politics of religion
• conflict prevention

Publication (Selection):

• 2013 (with Mina Monir): Social v. State Media: Egypt's Fight for Information After the Uprising, in: Ralph Berenger (ed.), Social Media Go to War: Rage, Rebellion and Revolution in the Age of Twitter, Washington: Marquette Books, 441-456

• 2012 (with Annette Ranko): Präsidentschaftswahlen in Ägypten: Chancen und Herausforderungen für Mohammed Mursi, GIGA Focus Nahost, Nr. 6/2012, Hamburg: GIGA (pdf)

• 2012: Religion and politics in Egypt today: Ideological Trends and Future Prospects (full text)

• 2012: Sectarian Conflict in Egypt: Coptic media, identity and representation, Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics, Routledge, 226 pp. (Flyer)

• 2012: The mediation of Muslim–Christian relations in Egypt: the strategies and discourses of the official Egyptian press during Mubarak's presidency, in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, 23, 1, 31-44, ISSN 0959-6410 (abstract)

• 2012: Brotherhood tries to steer Egypt's future, in: Islamic Affairs Analyst

• 2012: Muslim Brotherhood clashes with Army over Egypt's Constitution, Conservative Middle East Council (full text)

• 2011: Connecting the national and the virtual: can Facebook activism remain relevant after Egypt's January 25 uprising?, in: International journal of communication, 5, 13-15. ISSN 1932-8036

• 2011: Does Egypt's Iran Opening Signal Regional Shift?", in: World Politics Review (abstract & full text)

• 2011: Arab-Iran Relations: discourses of conflict and cooperation, LSE Conference Briefing Paper

• 2011: The Arab Predicament Revisited: Middle East unrest and the future of the Arab republic, in: al- Majalla

• 2011: Egypt's Day of Wrath a Long Time Coming, in: World Politics Review (abstract & full text)

• 2011: Egypt Special Analysis: The Lessons and Challenges Behind the Alexandria Bombing, in: EA Worldview

• 2010: Pawns in an Election, in: al-Majalla (full text)

• 2010: Egypt Special: What is the Significance of the Latest Christian Protests?, in: EA Worldview

• 2010: Between Elections and TV Drama, in: al-Majalla (full text)

• 2010: Behind Iraq's Church Attack, Religious Tensions in Egypt, in: EA Worldview

• 2010: Rivalry Between Egypt, Iran Spreads Beyond the Mideast", October 11 2010, World Politics Review (abstract & full text)

• 2010: Europe and the Middle East: Reading the Questions over the Veil, in: EA Worldview

• 2010: In Egypt, Critical Questions Remain for ElBaradei", in: World Politics Review (abstract & full text)

Lectures:

• "The Political Situation in Egypt Today: Old Problems for a 'New' Egypt", Workshop Ressourcenkonflikte und Arabischer Fruhling, Zentrum fur Demokratie und Friedensforschung, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, 3 December 2012

• "Analysing the Arab Spring: remaining policy-relevant while conducting long-term research", International Relations Seminar, LSE, 2 February 2012

• "Framing Egyptian-Iranian Conflict in the Egyptian Media via Hezbollah: identity politics and regional rivalry at the end of the Mubarak era", staff research seminar in international relations, London School of Economics. 14 May 2011

• "Coptic Media Spaces", workshop of the Middle East Christian Research Network, University of Stirling, 6 February 2009

Contributions to the media:

• Mass protest against Mohammed Morsi
  Interview (Deutsche Welle, 28 January 2013)

• Egypt reserved on Iran's courtship
  Interview (Deutsche Welle, 7 December 2012)

• Turkey and Iran, rivals or partners?
  Artikel (Al-Ahram Weekly, 21 November 2012)

• Why Iran cannot compromise on its nuclear programme
  Artikel (Al-Ahram, 16 October 2012)

• Egypt-Iran Rapprochement: Prospects and Challenges
  Interview (Al-Ahram, 29 August 2012)

• Region's States to Tackle Syria Crisis Anew
  Interview (The National, 28 August 2012)

• Calme Renenvue a Dashour?
  Interview (Nouvelles du Caire, 10 August 2012)

• Maria-TV in Ägypten: Wenn die TV-Moderatorin verschleiert bleibt
  Interview (FOCUS-Online, 24 July 2012)

• Egypt's economy the loser after first round of elections
  Interview (The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2012)

• Egipto y la primavera que no fue
  Interview (Semana.com, 26 May 2012)

• Egypt Brotherhood and SCAF at odds once again as election nears
  Interview (al-Ahram, 13 April 2012)