Luqman Abu El Foul

Thesis: 'Palestine up in Arms: Contentious Politics and the Arab Revolt of 1936-1939'

My research broadly focuses on political violence and contentious politics, seeking to examine what factors structure mobilisation. I study this by applying quantitative and computational methods to historical cases. My PhD thesis delves into this topic through three papers, the first of which examines how inter-ethnic exposure affected mobilisation patterns in Mandatory Palestine.

Outside of my PhD research, I am interested in contention more broadly, as well as how political contention interacts with and is shaped by culture, for which I have published research in the Journal of Palestine Studies.

• [2024-2026] GV248 – Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives