| H.A. Hellyer | |
| Occupation: | Scholar |
| Nationality: | English |
| Citizenship: | British |
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H. A. Hellyer is a British geopolitical analyst, and scholar in security studies, political economy, history, and belief.
He is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[1] and a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute.[2] He was previously fellow of Cambridge University's Centre for Islamic Studies, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East,[3] and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section.[4]
Hellyer was previously senior practice consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,[5] and senior research fellow at the University of Warwick.[6] Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.[7] 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.[4]
He is the author of Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans, and A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.
Hellyer was raised between the UK and the Middle East.[5]
After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.[6] 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.[7]
He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,[8] 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'.[6]
Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,[9] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.[10] Additionally, as the recipient of a law degree from the University of Sheffield,[3] he taught as a visiting professor of law at the American University in Cairo.[10]
Hellyer was a senior practice consultant and senior analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.[5] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.[11]