Program Analyst -
Oregon Department of Justice, Civil Rights Unit
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Visiting Scholar -
Portland State University, Middle East Studies Center
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Harout Akdedian PhD
I joined the Civil Rights Unit at the Oregon Department of Justice as Program Analyst in early 2022. I am also Visiting Scholar at Portland State University’s Middle East Studies Center.
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I currently study the intersections of state-society relations, extremism and civil rights.
Books
'Providing important analysis of Syria, Iraq and beyond, this book very usefully challenges the idea of a 'transition' to peace and good governance, suggesting instead that a variety of wartime fighters, fiefdoms and proto-states - linked to external backers and sometimes with government support - have formed the basis for extraction and corruption underpinned by continuing violence. A sobering corrective to magical thinking about peace.'
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David Keen
Professor of Conflict Studies
London School of Economics
'This book fills a major gap in the literature on Syria by applying the novel concept of atrophy on the Syrian state and opening up new horizons of research. Akdedian has written an empirically rich, theoretically innovative, and exceptionally well-informed book that impressively straddles different bodies of scholarship.'
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UÄŸur Ümit Üngör
Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
University of Amsterdam
Workshops and Teaching
Cognitive Bias and Cultural Humility: Introduction to Theory and Practice
Professional Workshop
Principles and Methods of Data Justice and Data Equity
Graduate level course, Professional Workshop
Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction
Undergraduate level course
Impact of Anti-Immigrant Hate: A Trauma-Informed Perspective for Service Providers
Professional Workshop
State-Society Relations in the 21-st Century
Graduate level course
State Formation and Social Conflict in Syria
Undergraduate/Graduate level course
Interrupting Hate: Trauma-Informed Principles and Measures
Professional Workshop
Public Administration from a Comparative Perspective
Undergraduate/Graduate level course
