Hamdy A. Hassan

Hamdy A. Hassan (PhD) is a professor of Political Science at the Institute for Islamic World Studies at the Zayed University in Dubai. He is also a professor at the Cairo University, Egypt. He serves as a member on the Advisory Board of the Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research. In 1999, Professor Hassan was granted the Egyptian State award in Political Science for his book Issues in the African Political Systems published in Arabic by the Center for African Future Studies in Cairo. From 2001 to 2005, Professor Hassan served as an elect Vice President of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS) based in Pretoria, South Africa. He is also the director of the Center for African Future Studies in Cairo which he founded in 1996. His research focuses on the democratisation and development in Africa and the Arab world. He has published many books and articles in both Arabic and English.