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Rashed
Al Jayousi

Researcher at Tohoku University. Works on civil society organisations in Palestine and Japan.

Research

Civil society in conflict and post-conflict contexts.

Comparative work on Palestinian and Japanese NGOs. Focus on governance, knowledge transfer, and the informal practices that sustain organisations when formal systems are weak or absent.

Current project

A monograph on structure and agency.

Book project comparing civil society in Japan and Palestine, working title Structure and Agency in Crisis. First draft expected by end of 2026.

Affiliation

Tohoku University, Sendai.

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship through 2027. Lecturer at Arab American University Palestine. Regular fieldwork in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

Recent
"Resilience through knowledge: insights into knowledge sharing in Palestinian NGOs" received the 2025 Development in Practice Practitioner & Early Career Researcher Prize. Co-authored with Yu Nishide.
doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2565610

Selected publications

2024–2026
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