On the morning of February 6th of 2023, the southern regions of Turkey and northwestern Syria were hit by a devastating earthquake unlike any other one witnessed in the region for decades. The earthquake had a catastrophic effect on Syria, a country torn by war. It shocked Syria’s marginalized and previously besieged northwest areas. The earthquake’s losses were deepened by the poor response of international powers, the negative role of internal conflict actors, and the weak institutional development and relief…

Together with our Project Partner the Syrian Center for Policy Research, we intend to launch a report “The Impact of the Earthquake in Syria – The Missing Developmental Approach in the Shadow of Conflict”. The webinar will be held on the 6th of September, 2023, from 4.00 to 6:00 (Damascus time), 3:00 to 5:00 (CET). To attend the webinar please register through the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9NpAoubVSI-NsGRLVGy3aw#/registration The event includes a presentation of the research results by the SCPR team, followed…

With Rabie Nasser, Katty Alhayek, Basileus Zeno, Omar Dahi, Lisa WedeenIn conversation with Bassam Haddad Monday, 13 February 2023, 1:OO PM EST Follow this link to hear the full Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@flowbetter/streams On this episode of the Flow Podcast, host Bassam Haddad will speak with guests Rabie Nasser, Katty Elhayek, Basileus Zeno, Omar Dahi, and Lisa Wedeen about the unfolding calamity in Syria. Speakers will address the failure of the relief and rescue efforts in the wake of the earthquake that…

February 10th, 2023 The earthquake that struck southern Turkey, and northern and western Syria caused heavy casualties, exceeding thousands of dead and missing, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people, with massive destruction of infrastructure and deterioration of basic living conditions. ​​This new shocking catastrophe exacerbated the suffering of all Syrian men and women, residents, internally displaced, or refugees, in a war-torn country that has been politically and socially fragmented and controlled by various military and security forces and dominated…

#3 The reality of education for young men and women in Syria. With Massa Mufti The podcast “Syria: Alternative Dialogues” resumes its episodes with the researcher and activist Massa Al-Mufti on the reality of education for young men and women in Syria. Which was covered by the research “Besieged Hope”, which was produced by the Syrian Center for Policy Research in cooperation with the British Council and Hamzat Wasel Organization. The Mufti analyzed the gaps that the educational system suffers…

Hybrid event hosting Fırat Demir (University of Oklahoma) and Omar S. Dahi (Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts Amherst) 24 November, 5:00pm (CET), click here for more information.

Please safe the date for our hybrid conference “Alternative Development Forum on Syria | منتدى التنمية البديلة | citizenship , economic and social justice”. In the name of the Center for Alternative Development, the new branch of SCPR in Vienna, invites you to participate in the Alternative Development Forum on Syria to discuss new insights into SCPR’s long-standing work on the Syrian conflict: citizenship, economic and social justice. The forum will provide a space to collectively comment on SCPR’s research and…

The Development Policy Forum Initiative of the Syrian Center for Policy Research seeks to promote critical analysis of the challenges posed by the conflict in Syria and to explore policy alternatives to address them while analyzing the impact of ongoing policies enforced by the conflict actors at the institutional, economic and socioeconomic level. Arabic Version: https://www.scpr-syria.org/ar/development-policy-forum-ar/English Version: https://www.scpr-syria.org/development-policy-forum/ Why does it need a Policy Dialogue? The ongoing armed conflict in Syria destroyed the economic, social, and political foundation of the…

#3. The dynamics of conflict economies in Syria with Omar Dahi The third episode of our Podcast “Syria, Alternative Dialogues” is online. You can listen to it through the link below and find it on Spotify, Castro, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Musik, Google Podcasts and Overcast. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11305793-3-the-dynamics-of-conflict-economies-in-syria-with-omar-dahi In the second episode with Omar Dahi, he continues the discussion on the impact and dynamics of conflict economies within a broad framework that includes the global, regional and local actors in Syria. He…

#2. The political economy of militarism and neoliberalism in the Syrian conflict with Omar Dahi The second episode of our Podcast “Syria, Alternative Dialogues” is online. You can listen to it through the link below and find it on Spotify, Castro, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Musik, Google Podcasts and Overcast. English Version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11267653-2Arabic Version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11399197-2 The neoliberal project was promoted globally as a realm that increases freedom that supposedly unshackles the individual from the constraints of the state. But in reality,…

#1: Securitisation of food and climate in the Syrian conflict with Dr Marwa Daoudy The first episode of our Podcast “Syria, Alternative Dialogues” is online. You can listen to it through the link below and find it on Spotify, Castro, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Musik, Google Podcasts and Overcast. Englisch version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11223020Arabic version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11358143-1 Dr Daoudy discusses her second book, which addresses the food security in Syria and the environmental repercussions of the politics of the Syrian government, which many debates…

#0: Profiling the Alternative Dialogues The first episode of our Podcast “Syria, Alternative Dialogues” is online. You can listen to it through the link below and find it on. Spotify, Castro, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Musik, Google Podcasts and Overcast English Version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11177575-0Arabic Version: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037022/11188758-0 This episode discusses the objectives of the podcast, which are: making the process of producing knowledge more accessible to the Arab world and discussing the importance of investments in integrative networks & interrelations among researchers and…