Dr G Teti

Biography

Andrea Teti is Senior Associate Editor of Middle East Critique, previously holding visiting positions at the GramsciLab (Università di Cagliari, 2018-19), the University of Ghent (Middle East & North Africa Research Group, 2018) and ACCESS Europe Visiting Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (2015-16). He was ArabTransformations Project Leader (2015-16), Trustee of the British Society for Middle East Studies (2019-22) now serving on its Committee on Academic Freedom, and is co-Founder/Co-Chair of the Critical Middle East Studies network.

His research is on EU-Middle East politics, publishing widely on democratization, Egyptian politics and political theory (e.g. Constructivism, Orientalism). His analyses are considered leading exemplars of Constructivism and of Poststructuralism in Middle East Studies, including innovative Critical Discourse Analyses of EU policy towards the Middle East (2012, 2013, 2015) and critiques of orthodox models of Democratization. His work on the Area Studies Controversy is widely cited, featuring on syllabi worldwide. He was co-editor of Informal Power in the Greater Middle East (2014) and as Arab Transformations Project Director, he oversaw the production of 21 Working Papers, 11 Policy Briefs, contributing to most of these and co-authoring two EU Briefs (Perceptions of Democracy, Development and the EU, 2014; Social Cohesion, 2016).

Recent publications include Democratization vs Democracy (2020), The Arab Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan (2018), work on corruption (2017), the role of youth in the Uprisings (2018) and conceptions of democracy in Arab countries (2019).

Dr Teti appeared on international media (e.g. BBC, Al-Jazeera English, France24, Canada's CBC, Australia's SBS, Deutsche Welle, Italy's RAI) and contributes to OpenDemocracy and The Conversation, featuring on Newsweek, Middle East Report, The Scotsman, To Vima, Il Manifesto, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Minima et Moralia, Lavoro Culturale, Reuters Egypt, Egypt Independent etc.

Research Overview

• Democracy, democratization, democracy-promotion: especially EU and UK democracy assistance towards the Middle East
• Middle Eastern Politics: Egypt, democracy & authoritarianism, civil society, labour movements, Israel/Palestine
• IR Theory/Political Theory: Poststructuralism, Foucault, Deleuze, Debord, Gramsci, Constructivism

Collaborations

• Fellow, Centre for Modern Thought (CMT)
• Fellow, Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)
• Centre for Global Security and Governance (CGSG)

Funding and Grants

• 2018: Visiting Fellowship, University of Cagliari and GramsciLab
• 2018-23: Co-Applicant, EU Marie Curie COFUND, ‘POLITICO’ €2.8m
• 2018: Faculty of Social and Political Studies mobility award, University of Ghent, €4,500
• 2017: Global Challenges Research Fund, University of Aberdeen, £5,103
• 2017: Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, University of Aberdeen, £9,800
• 2015-16: ACCESS Europe, University of Amsterdam, €5,000
• 2013-16: Scientific Lead, Arab Transformations Project, Funded under the EU's Framework Programme 7 (€2.49m, SSH-2012, grant number 320214)
• 2013-14: PI, Carnegie Trust, "Paradoxes of Western Democracy-promotion in the Middle East: Conceptions of Democracy in Donors and Recipients"
• 2012-13: AHRC, Transition Paradigms and Policy-making, co-PIs Dr. Jeroen Gunning (King’s College London) and Dr. Vivienne Matthies-Boon (Amsterdam), £25,575
• 2011-15: Co-PI, University of Aberdeen, College of Arts & Social Science (RPAS), Interdisciplinary Approaches to Violence programme

Teaching Responsibilities

Undergraduate and Masters

I teach various courses on IR theory and Middle East politics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. I am currently co-ordinator for Middle Eastern Politics (Honours), Global Politics from the Middle East (Honours) and teach on the core course Theories and Ideologies of Politics and International Relations.

Doctoral Research Supervision

Areas of Supervision:

• Middle East politics (e.g. International Relations of the Middle East, impact of globalisation, political & economic liberalisation, democratisation, foreign policies of major powers towards the region, etc.)
• Political Theory / IR Theory (particularly Foucault, Deleuze, Debord and Gramsci)
• Democracy, Democratization, Authoritarianism

Current Research Students:

• Marie Wuth (POLITICO, Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law, with Beth Lord)
• Domenico Carolei (Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), with Mátyás Bodig and Trevor Stack)
• Saerom Han (Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), with Cristina Flesher Fominaya)
• Matthieu Angevin (Philosophy, with Beth Lord)
• Mustafa Khedewi (PIR, Arab Transformations Project)
• Lotje van Uhm (PIR)
• Bisrat Kabeta, Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)

Former Research Students:

• Dr Ludwig Bucholz (2018) (Centre for Modern Thought, with Eddie Campbell)
• Dr Sarah Hynek (2018) (Comparative Constitutionalism and Statecraft, with Johan Rasanayagam)
• Dr Hanifi Baris (2017) (Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), with Tamas Gyorfi and Trevor Stack)
• Dr Kandida Purnell (2017), Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen, 2017-18; Lecturer, City University, 2018+
• Dr Anna Grudzinska, Centre for Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), (with Karin Friedrich and Trevor Stack)
• Dr Ulisses Pereira Terto Neto (2015, with Trevor Stack and Matyas Bodig; Lecturer, IESB, Brazil)
• Dr Stuart Maltman (2016)
• Dr Alessandro Rippa (2015, with Martin Mills) Research Fellow, University of Munich, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Colorado (Boulder)
• Dr Samantha May (with Martin Mills); Leverhulme Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Aberdeen