Benedikt van den Woldenberg
Associate
Topics:
Political systems in the MENA region, international relations of the MENA region, monarchy debate, reforms in Jordan and Morocco, reform discourse in Jordan and Morocco since 2011, political institutions and parliamentarism in authoritarian regimes, simulations focusing on the international relations of the MENA region
Contact: bvdwoldenberg@ssc-europe.eu
Regional Focus:
MENA region, Mashreq, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Turkey
Simulations
Greater Middle East Simulation at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht (2016, 2017, with PaxLudens)
Greater Middle East Simulation at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (2015, with PaxLudens)
Greater Middle East Simulation at Leiden University College (2014, with PaxLudens)
Greater Middle East Simulation at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (2014, 2015, 2016, with PaxLudens)
Simulation on Rare Earth Minerals at Leiden University (2014, with PaxLudens)
Greater Middle East Simulation at the University College Utrecht (2014, 2015, 2016, with PaxLudens)
Papers presented
Session ‘Serious gaming as means to understanding complex politics’ (2017 Munich-Vienna Middle East Summer School, 08/2017)
Workshop ‘Scenario Techniques’ (IAPSS Winter School, Marrakesh, 02/2016)
'Political Institutions and the Reform Discourse in Jordan and Morocco' (21st DAVO Congress, Cologne, 09/2014)
'Language and the Arab Spring', focusing on Social Media (NISIS Spring School, Madrid, 03/2014)
'How Jordan and Morocco dodged the Arab Spring' (Islamic Studies Network Day, Leiden, 01/2014)
Membership
Amnesty International
DAVO - Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient
NISIS - Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies