Contact

E-Mail: Huseyn.Aliyev@glasgow.ac.uk

External Profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/huseynaliyev/

Research Profile

Dr Aliyev is a Lecturer and Researcher at Central and Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Glasgow.

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Dr Aliyev earned his Ph.D in Political Science in 2014 from the University of Otago, New Zealand. His doctoral dissertation examined the impact of Soviet institutional legacy on post-communist civil society in the broader Caucasus region. This project was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015 ("Post-Communist Civil Society and Soviet Legacy"). Dr Aliyev also has a joint Master degree in Humanitarian Action from Ruhr University Bochum and Uppsala University.

Dr Aliyev's current research interests are civil war dynamics, non-state armed groups, violent mobilisation, radicalisation and demobilisation of armed groups. He also has expertise in security and law enforcement structures of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, ethno-nationalism and institution-building.

Dr Aliyev's area experise is Ukraine and Russia (particularly the North Caucasus region). Since 2014, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in Ukraine, interviewing former and active members of pro-government paramilitary groups.

Research Interests by Country

Georgia Russia Ukraine

Keywords

Armed Conflict Civil War Conflict & Peace Studies Insurgency Law Enforcement Non-State Armed Groups Rebellion Security Studies Terrorism