In collaboration with Tunis Business School (TBS)
September 2014 - December 2015
The purpose of this project is to enhance the didactic capacity of Tunis Business School (TBS), University of Tunis, on the level of International Relations teaching. To do so, this project entails collaborative teaching and research development as well as capacity building components. It aims to strengthen the teaching, assessment and course development capacities of International Relations courses at TBS. It also aims to enhance the overall academic experience of TBS students and to contribute to developing their intellectual and critical thinking skills.
As such, the projects various stakeholders include: the University of Tunis, TBS as an institution, TBS faculty and TBS students, LSE faculty and LSE teaching specialists. Through training potentially hundreds of University of Tunis students in the methods, theories and concepts of International Relations, this project will have a broader societal impact. In particular, it will contribute to the employability of young Tunisians, in a context where youth unemployment is as high as 30% in places, as well as to their ability to be engaged and effective citizens in Tunisia’s post-revolution social and economic development.
Research Team
Dr Filippo Dionigi| is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, researching the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Arab statehood from a comparative perspective. In addition, Filippo is leading on a capacity-building project, in collaboration with Tunis University, to enhance the didactic capacity of Tunis Business School (TBS), on the level of International Relations teaching. He has completed his PhD in International Relations at LSE and is presently working on a book tentatively titled Hezbollah, Islamist Politics and International Society.
Dr Corinna Mullin is Visiting Assistant Professor in IR at the University of Tunis. She is also a Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS. After completing her PhD in IR at LSE, Dr Mullin pursued an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS. Following this, Dr Mullin spent two years in the Politics Department at SOAS as a Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics, with reference to the Middle East.