Bassel Akar

Bassel Akar has served as an Associate Professor of Education (2009-2023) and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Education (2014-2023) at Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon. He is now Research Fellow at Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade do Porto. His research on education in fragile contexts has focused on low and middle income conflict-affected countries, especially Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan and Egypt. Studies have examined education for social and...See more

Bassel Akar has served as an Associate Professor of Education (2009-2023) and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Education (2014-2023) at Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon. He is now Research Fellow at Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade do Porto. His research on education in fragile contexts has focused on low and middle income conflict-affected countries, especially Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan and Egypt. Studies have examined education for social and human development through citizenship, history and early childhood education; provisions of education for young people made vulnerable by war and crises; and ethical and inclusive methods of inquiry for highly vulnerable populations. See less