H. A. Hellyer is a British geopolitical analyst, and scholar in security studies, political economy, history, and belief. He is a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute.Biography of H. A. Hellyer
/ref> He was previously a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, fellow of Cambridge University's Centre for Islamic Studies, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East, and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section.brookings.edu: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
H.A. Hellyer was previously senior practice consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,abudhabigallupcenter.com: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
/ref> and senior research fellow at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

.warwick.ac.uk: Biography of H. A. Hellyer
/ref> Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.communities.gov.uk: "'Preventing Extremism Together' Working Groups"
August–October 2005 Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team. He is the author of ''Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans,'' and ''A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.''

Early life and education

Hellyer was raised between the UK and the Middle East.

Career

After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the

. He was appointed as Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the

2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. ...

. He is a Fellow of the

Young Foundation The Young Foundation is a not-for-profit, organisation driving community research and social innovation. It is named after Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington, Michael Young, the British sociologist and social activist who created over 60 ...

, that specializes in social innovation to tackle

structural inequality Structural inequality occurs when the fabric of organizations, institutions, governments or social networks contains an embedded cultural, linguistic, economic, religious/belief, physical or identity based bias which provides advantages for som ...

, as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects 'Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism' and 'Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities'. Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global econo ...

, as well as a UN

Alliance of Civilizations The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) is an initiative that attempts to "galvanize international action against extremism" through the forging of international, intercultural and interreligious dialogue and cooperation. The Allia ...

(UNAOC) Global Expert. Additionally, as the recipient of a law degree from the University of Sheffield, he taught as a visiting professor of law at the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program. ...

. Hellyer was a senior practice consultant and senior analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center. He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to

Chatham House The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is a British think tank based in London, England. Its stated mission is "to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous, and just world". It ...

studies on international affairs.

Bibliography

* H.A. Hellyer. ''Muslims of Europe: The "Other" Europeans''. Edinburgh University Press, 2010. **reviewed by Deepa A. in Islamonline **Review by T.Parray in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume 31, Issue 2, 2011, pages 293–295 **reviewed by Alexandre Caiero i
''Review of Middle East Studies'' Vol. 47, No. 1 (Summer 2013), pp. 89–91
*H.A. Hellyer ''A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt'' Hurst and Company/Oxford University Press, 2016

References

External links

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding: H.A. Hellyer

BBC World Service "Doha Debates": This House believes the Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam's reputation as a religion of peace 29 April 2008

BBC World Service "Doha Debates": Of Minarets, Islam and Switzerland: a conversation with Dr H.A.Hellyer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hellyer, H. A. Living people Alumni of the University of Warwick Year of birth missing (living people) British political journalists Scholars of Sufism Alumni of the University of Sheffield Islam and politics Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts Fellows of the Royal Historical Society