Graduate Student
Shivan Fazil is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Boston University, specializing in comparative politics and international relations with a focus on the Middle East.
His work centers on governance, state-society relations, and peace and conflict dynamics. Over the past decade, He has collaborated with various esteemed institutions including, the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s Institute of Regional and International Studies (2024), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2020–2024), the United States Institute of Peace (2019–2020), among others.
He has conducted surveys and fieldwork across Iraq, examining the perceptions of diverse demographics—including religious minorities, internally displaced persons, and young people—on governance, post-conflict reconciliation, and reconstruction.
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