Wj Dorman
Honorary Fellow
Social and political science
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
WJ Dorman previously taught at Edinburgh both in Politics and Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, as well as at Durham University in the School of Government and International Affairs. His PhD thesis, completed at the School of Oriental and African Studies under the supervision of Charles Tripp, was joint winner of the 2008 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize awarded by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Prior to doctoral studies, he worked at the US Department of State.
Research Interest
Politics and Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies
Publications
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2009. 'Of Demolitions and Donors: The Problematics of State Intervention in Informal Cairo'. In Cairo Contested: Governance, Urban Space, and Global Modernity. Singerman, Diane Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.
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2009. 'Informal Cairo: Between Islamist Insurgency & the Neglectful State?'. Security Dialogue 40(4-5): 419-441. (ungated version)
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2013. 'Exclusion and Informality: The Praetorian Politics of Land Management in Cairo, Egypt'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 37(5): 1584-1610. (ungated version).
