Bahrain

2002, “A King’s Dilemma -Political Reforms In Bahrain, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Mainz ( a revised version is presented as “A King’s Dilemma –Obstacles to Political Reforms In Bahrain”, Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, 19 – 23 March 2003, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute,

 

2003, “Weapons of the Weak in a Globalised World”, presentation to the Conference on ‘Fattiga och rika. Aktuell utvecklingsforskning och dess villkor i Sverige, Lund, January 9-11,

2003, “Challenges in Studying Actors and Structures in the Middle East” in Looking Ahead – Challenges for Middle East Politics and Research”, published by Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, Paper 29: April 2004 (Edited papers of a workshop on “Looking Ahead – Challnges for Middle East Politics and Research” held at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin in co-operation with EuroMeSCo December 5–7, 2003

2004, “Political reform in Bahrain: end of a road?”, Middle East International, issue no.719 , DOWNLOAD HERE

2004, Bahrain’s Parliament: The Quest for a Role , Arab Reform Bulletin, May 2004, Volume 2, Issue 5, DOWNLOAD HERE

2004,The Arab Volunteers – Reflections on the Radical Flank Effects, Workshop on Social Movements, The 22nd Nordic Sociology Congress, Malmö, 19-22 August ‏

2005, Writing-back: Narrating the Self and the Other, Workshop on “Images of the Other–Images of a Cultural Heritage”, Istanbul 17-18 February 2005

—-, Problems of Succession in the GCC States, Paper presented at the workshop on "Constitutional Reforms and Political Participation in the Gulf", the 6th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting of the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Montecatini Terme, March 2005”

For information on the workshop on "Constitutional Reforms and Political Participation in the Gulf"