Gareth Stansfield

Gareth Robert Vincent Stansfield OBE FRSA FRGS (born 26 October 1973) is a British academic, currently Professor of Middle East Studies and Al-Qasimi Chair of Arab Gulf Studies at Exeter University.[1]

Biography

Stansfield was educated at Hulme Grammar School, followed by Durham University, where he read Geography and was awarded the W A Moyes Prize.[2] He went on to complete an MA in Middle East Politics and a PhD at the same institution.[2] He joined Exeter as a Research Fellow in 2002.[2]

Stansfield has been critical of Turkish policy in Syria.[3]

Stansfield was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to UK interests in Iraq.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Gareth Stansfield". University of Exeter. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Gareth R V Stansfield CV" (PDF). University of Exeter.
  3. ^ Stansfield, Gareth (28 January 2018). "Turkey's attack on Syrian Kurds could overturn the entire region". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N28.


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