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Sansom Milton

Sansom Milton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Prior to joining the Center he worked as a Research Fellow at the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit...

Sansom Milton

Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor

 
 
 
 
 
Sansom Milton
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Biography

Sansom Milton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies where he teaches the module on post-war reconstruction and development. Prior to joining CHS, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, University of York. He holds a doctorate in Post-war Recovery Studies at the University of York which was completed under a departmental scholarship.

His research on humanitarian action, post-conflict recovery, and higher education in conflict-affected societies has been published in leading international journals including Disasters, Journal of Intervention and  Statebuilding, Third World Quarterly, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Mediterranean Politics, Higher Education, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, the International Journal of Educational Development, and Globalisation, Societies and Education.

Dr Milton's research interests include conflict analysis, mediation and peacemaking, and post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. His published research in these areas includes analyses of post-war reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, localization of conflict response, the humanitarian sector in the Gulf states, Qatar's role in conflict mediation.

 His research has also pioneered the research agenda on higher education in conflict, emergencies, and post-conflict recovery. His paper Higher Education as the Catalyst of Recovery in Conflict-Affected Societies is the most widely cited publication in this emerging field.  Dr Milton's book Higher Education and Post-Conflict Recovery was one of the first full-length manuscripts on the subject. He has led research on higher education and conflict response in a range of contexts including Syria, Yemen, Iraq, the Gaza Strip, and Libya. He is currently writing a new book on higher education and conflict in the Arab states which is under contract with Cambridge University Press.


Publications by Sansom Milton

Journal Articles

16 Oct 2023

Qatar's evolving role in conflict mediation

This article analyses the evolution of mediation strategy, utilizing case studies of Qatar's mediation in Afghanistan, Chad, and Libya through a framework focusing on results, modality, acceptability and reception. The analysis identifies key comparative findings on Qatar's post-2020 renewed role in conflict mediation...

Journal Articles

10 Jul 2023

The evolution of the Gulf states as humanitarian donors

Over the past two decades, the Gulf states have emerged as leading humanitarian actors both regionally and globally. This paper charts the evolution of four of the six Gulf states–Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and Qatar–as humanitarian donors and actors.....

Policy Briefs

28 Dec 2022

Unblocking the Pathway to Transition in Sudan

On 5 December, the Framework Agreement was signed between key actors in the Sudanese political landscape. It comes following a 14-month period of turbulent politics since the removal of the previous civilian administration in October 2021. The agreement is an important step towards placing Sudan back on track towards a military-to-civilian political transition. This Policy Briefing provides a brief contextualisation of the political crisis in Sudan over the past year and provides an analysis of the December 2022 Framework Agreement.
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