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Moosa Elayah
Assistant Professor

Dr. Moosa Elayah is an Assistant Professor in Public Administration, specialized in International Development, Peacebuilding and Conflict Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (Qatar), Managing Editor  of Hakama Journal issued by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He  has extensive teaching and research experience in international development administration, peacebuilding, crisis and conflict management, public policy, NGO management, and regional development programs and social protection in post-conflict economies. He is well-versed in the broader governance issues in the Arabian Peninsula context. He also has good academic and professional knowledge of Middle East's developmental challenges and high substantive experience on public sector reform issues in the context of conflicting countries.

 

He (is) an Assistant Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, (RU), The Netherlands. He has conducted research and policy documents investigating the potential peacebuilding in conflicting and poor nations. Managed three research projects: • Pathway for Peace, Stability, and Legitimate State building in Libya and Yemen (2018) • Civil Society Organizations CSOs in a Twilight Zone: The Case of Yemen and Syria (2018) • The 2013 National Dialogue Conference (NDC) in Yemen: Why did it fail to prevent conflict (2015-2017) He has published several specialized studies and researches in the field of international development, peacebuilding, NGO management and state-building in post-conflicts. Giving Lectures on various topics related to peacebuilding, NGOs, management, gender, and governance in conflict countries, as well as supervision of student theses.

 

At the School of  Governance and International Affairs, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, Elayah conducted his PhD research on institutional reform and, particularly, the role of international donors in peacebuilding and fostering public sector reforms in in fragile countries. He used a methodological approach to analyze the European Union's development and foreign policies, in particular Dutch aid policies. He focused on Yemen but also looked at many examples of other countries suffering from conflict. From the same university in the Netherlands, Elayah obtained a master's degree in crisis and security management (average 8 / with honors). He also holds a BA in Political Science (average 92.33%, First on the batch, excellent with honors), Faculty of Commerce, Department of Political Science, Sana'a University, Yemen.


Elayah is a founding member of the Humble Bees Network, a non-governmental, not-for-profit think-tank that supports mediation in peace processes, with interests in areas of conflict transformation, international development, and global education. He is also founder of the Center for Governance and Peacebuilding in the Middle East as a non-governmental organization in the field of research and non-profit policies.


Education: 

  • - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) International Development Administration and Peacebuilding at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

  • - Pre-PhD Diploma, Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG), Leiden, Utrecht, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam Universities, the Netherlands.

  • - M.Sc. in "Crisis and Security Management", Leiden University, the Netherlands. (Average 8/with honor- cum laude).

  • - B.A. In Political Sciences, Department of Political Sciences & Public Administration, Sana'a University, Yemen (Average 92.33%, The First of the Batch, Excellent with honor-summa cum laude).


Language:

- Arabic 

- English 

- Dutch


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Selected Research Projects:

(Doha Institute, 2020)

PI of the research project: Building the capacity of the third sector towards realizing the 2030 vision in Qatar. This project is to carry out an exploratory case study in the potential of building the third sector in Qatar towards achieving the 2030 national vision

 

2018  (Radboud University)           

Leading coordinator and PI of the research project: Pathway for Peace, Stability, and Legitimate State building in Libya and Yemen.

This project examines the issue of a legitimate state building in Libya & Yemen across the different roles that nonviolent social actors play. The results will be informative for our end-users, enabling them to formulate an adequate strategic response in their future involvement in Libya & Yemen by identifying and mapping relevant nonviolent social actors and developing recommendations on how to reinforce their agency in both countries. This project will have implications for peacebuilding and state building interventions that need to be adapted to complex realities, in which boundaries between the state and non-state, civil and uncivil, violent and non-violent actors and domestic and international domains are blurred. It also offers food for thought to peacebuilding donors, whose funds have inadvertently become encapsulated into problematic political dynamics in fragile states that are suffering from conflicts and wars.


2017(Radboud University)

Leading coordinator and PI of the research project: Civil Society Organizations CSOs in a Twilight Zone: The Case of Yemen.

The local partner was the Governance and peace-building center, Yemen. Although important roles in peacebuilding are attributed to civil society (CS), few studies have so far analyzed how CS actors fare amid ongoing war. Our analysis of CS organizations in Yemen shows that their potential for peacebuilding is severely restrained not only by the security situation but also by political capture, corruption, and problems associated with foreign support. Our findings in this project have implications for theories on CS and peacebuilding, which need to be adapted to messy realities in which boundaries between the state and non-state, civil and uncivil, and domestic and international domains are blurred. They also offer food for thought to peacebuilding donors, whose funds have inadvertently become encapsulated into a highly problematic political dynamic.

 

2015-2016

 

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen & Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-WOTRO), The Netherlands

 

Leading coordinator and PI of the research project: 'The 2013 National Dialogue Conference (NDC) in Yemen: Why did it fail to prevent conflict?'

The local partner was AWAM Foundation for Development and Peacebuilding, Yemen. Despite a positive initial evaluation, the recent outbreak of war has prompted many critical accounts of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference (NDC), organized with strong donor support in 2013. In order to draw proper lessons from it, both for international donors and local civil society actors, the project takes up the following two tasks: 1) a meta-analysis ("systematic review") of a comprehensive set of NDC evaluations published by academic researchers, political analysts, donor agencies etc. to pinpoint the NDC's strengths and weaknesses, and 2) an elicitation among local civil society actors (including women's rights organizations) to document their perspective on the merits and flaws of the NDC. The results from both activities will be triangulated and synthesized in a research report. This report will serve as a quick reference for international donors when pushing for national dialogues in the Arab region (or elsewhere) in the future. A policy brief will be written for, and disseminated among, society organizations in Yemen, enabling them to formulate an adequate strategic response once participatory spaces reopen. Finally, an expert meeting with Dutch development agencies will be organized to reflect on the implications of the research results for their future involvement in Yemen

Teaching Interests: 

Administration of Non-governmental Organizations; International Development and Gender; Governance, Citizenship and Public administration; Introduction to International Security, Conflict and Peacebuilding.


Taught courses:

Administration of Non-governmental Organizations, Introduction to International Security and Peacebuilding; International Development and Gender; Public Policy, Governance and Ethnic Conflicts in Nonwestern Countries; and Quantitative/Qualitative Research Methods.



Book chapters:

  • •       Elayah, M., Al-Daily, W., & Alkubati, M. (2021). The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda Between Rhetoric and Action in the MENA Region: A Case Study of Yemen and Libya. In Female Pioneers from Ancient Egypt and the Middle East (pp. 129-143). Springer, Singapore. 

• Moosa Elayah. “The Role of Civil Society in Democratic Transition: A Case Study of Yemen”,  in Bakeel Al-Zandani, (ed.) “Democratic Transition in Yemen: Paths, Obstacles, and Prospects” (Doha / Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies). In Arabic.

• Moosa Elayah (2021) "The War in Yemen and the Role of NGOs in Relieving the Displaced People” in Ghassan Kahlout (ed.) "Forced Migration in Arab Countries: Problems and Issues", (Doha / Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies). In Arabic.

• Elayah, M (2021) “Arab Conflicts Today: Statistics and Trends, in Ibrahim Fraihat (ed.), “The Rooting and Marketing of Conflict Science in the Arab World” (Doha / Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies). In Arabic.

• Elayah, M.A, AbuOsba, B and Almjdoob, F (2018) “Building a Civil Service System for Yemen. In: Farazmand A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance”. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3629-1 


International Refereed articles:

• Al-Turki, Khawla, Elayah, Moosa, Mewari, Ahmed, and Al-Zindani, Bakil. (2021). The role of e-governance in enhancing transparency for the private sector in the State of Qatar. Al-Bahith Journal, 21(1), 1-16. In Arabic.

• Elayah, M. (2021). Participatory developmental approach and the implementation of international aid policies: Yemen as a case study. Development in Practice, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2021.1937571

• Elayah, M. (2021). Humanitarian aid and war economies: The case of Yemen. Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 16(1), 52-65. 

• Ahmed Almaweri, Moosa Elayah and Bakeel Znadani. (accepted)., The Reality and Challenges of Government-NGO Partnership in Fragile Countries: A Case Study of Pre-Collapse Yemen. Kuwaiti Journal of Social Sciences. 49 (1): 34-67 In Arabic.

• Moosa Elayah. (2021) “Positioning of NGOs and Humanitarian Relief Requirements in Yemen,” al-Mustaqbal al-Arabī, 6 (516), 1-22. In Arabic.

• Elayah, M., van Kempen, L., & Schulpen, L. (2020). Adding to the controversy? Civil society’s evaluation of the national conference dialogue in Yemen. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 14(3), 431-458. 

• Ahmed Al-Kamali & Moosa Elayah. (2020) “Challenges of implementing strategic planning for the NGOs in the State of Qatar,” Hikamh: Journal of Public Administration and Public Policy, Issue 1 - September 2020, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies: 40-61. In Arabic. 

• Elayah, M., & Verkoren, W. (2019). “Civil society during war: the case of Yemen”. Peacebuilding, 8(4), 476-498.

• Elayah, M., Schulpen, L., van Kempen, L., Almaweri, A., AbuOsba, B., & Alzandani, B. (2018). National dialogues as an interruption of civil war–the case of Yemen. Peacebuilding, 8(1), 98-117. 

• Elayah, M. (2017)., “The effectiveness of Foreign Development Policies in Developing Countries between Indigenous Knowledge Syndrome and Social Engineering”, Arab Future Journal, Vol.460 Issue 4, pp. 52-66. In Arabic.

• Elayah, M. & Schulpen. L. (2017). Why Do National NGOs Go Where They Go? The Case of Yemen. Takaful (Solidarity) Journal, 4, 3–20. (The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, the American University in Cairo.)

• Elayah, M. (2016). Lack of foreign aid effectiveness in developing countries between a hammer and an anvil. Contemporary Arab Affairs, 9(1), 82-99. (DOI:10.1080/17550912.2015.1124519)[1] 

• Elayah, M.A., (2015), "Foreign Aid Effectiveness between the Strategic Objectives of, and the Internal Influences within, Donor Countries", Arab Policies Journal, Vol 28. Issue 14, PP. 74-84. DOI:  10.12816/0012016.  In Arabic. 

• Elayah, M.A., (2015), "The Effectiveness of Foreign aid in Developing Countries, Theoretical Perspective”, Arab Economic Journal Vol.22, Issue 69-70, pp. 141 – 157, DOI: 10.12816/0020676. In Arabic.


Policy and Special studies:

• Elayah, M. (2021). Conflicts In Syria and Yemen: Local and Regional Paradoxes and Interactions. an analytical paper published by the Governance and Peacebuilding Center (9 pages). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11214.38727

• Elayah, M. (2020). COVID-19: The Lingering Conflict and the Regional Balance of Power in Yemen. Al Jazeera Center for Studies. COVID-19 (aljazeera.net).

• Ferial Zaghdane & Moosa Elayah, Technical Report (2020): UGTT in Tunisia Empowered or Overpowered:  A Reassessment of the Role of the Labor-Movement in Tunisia, an analytical paper published by the Governance and Peacebuilding Center (8 pages). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34497.38242 UGTT in Tunisia Empowered or Overpowered A Reassessment of the Role of the Labor Movement in Tunisia (mena-acdp.com).

• Elayah, Moosa (2020), Key Theoretical Elements in the Science of Conflicts and Building Conflicting States, an analytical paper published by the Governance and Peacebuilding Center (5 pages). (7) (PDF) مفاتيح نظرية في علم الصراعات وبناء الدول الصراعية (researchgate.net)

• Alyafei, N., Althani, L. and Elayah, M., (2020). A Critical Views on NGOs from Different Perspectives. Analytical Paper published by the Center for Governance and Peacebuilding, ( 5 pages). A Critical Views on NGOs from Different Perspectives (mena-acdp.com).

• Safaa Sharba & Moosa Elayah (2020), Challenges Facing Civil Society During the War in Syria, Analytical Paper published by the Center for Governance and Peacebuilding, DOI: 10.13140 / RG.2.2.30303.07848 (ten pages). التحديات التي تواجه المجتمع المدني خلال الحرب في سوريا – مركز الحوكمة (mena-acdp.com)

• Majd Shaath & Moosa Elayah, (2020), The Palestinian Question: Shifting from Struggle to Waiting for Money, Analytical Paper published by the Center for Governance and Peace Building, DOI 10.13140 / RG.2.2.36699.39209 (11 pages). القضية الفلسطينية: التحول من النضال إلى إنتظار الأموال – مركز الحوكمة (mena-acdp.com)

• Elayah, M, Lau Schulpen, and Taha Yaseen. (2019) "Fishing during war? –The impact of war on Yemeni fisheries." This study published by Fisheries Conflicts: Case Studies. A series of illustrative narratives daylighting fisheries-related disputes around the world that identify drivers, actors, mitigation strategies and likeliness of increased intensity or frequency. Please visit, Fisheries Conflicts: Case Studies (arcgis.com)

• Elayah, M. A. Schulpen, L.W.M. Kempen, L.A.C.M. van and Mia Aglan, (2018)., " The role of the United Nations in the current Yemeni war: floundering in a tragic reality", Technical Report, Radboud University, The Netherlands. Available at repository of Radboud University , http://hdl.handle.net/2066/200467

• Mohammed, H., & Elayah, M. (2018). Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Peacebuilding after Yemen's Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh (Sanaa: Centre for Governance and Peace-building-Yemen & Centre for International Development Issues, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. External research report, please use this identifier to cite or link to this item). Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Peacebuilding after Yemen's Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingsstudies (ru.nl)

• Elayah, M., Mohamed, H., & Schulpen, L. (2017). Yemen between the impact of the climate change and the ongoing Saudi-Yemen war: A real tragedy. Centre for International Development Issues, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. External research report, please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2066/179371

• Elayah, M. A. & AbuOsba, B (2017), “Geneva Conference (2017) for Relieving Yemen: between the hopes and the complex reality”; Technical Report, Radboud University Press. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:  http://hdl.handle.net/2066/179082

• Elayah, M. A. et al (2017). “Yemen: a forgotten war and an unforgettable country”., Technical Report, Radboud University Press.

• Elayah, M. A.; Kenpen, L., & Schulpen, L.W.M. (2016). “Civil society’s diagnosis of the 2013 National

Dialogue Conference (NDC) in Yemen (why) did it fail?" Technical Report, Radboud University Press. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2066/162163  ( In English and Arabic).




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