Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Hussam Hussein is an academic, policy, and international development expert specialising in water diplomacy, environmental governance, and sustainable development. As a research associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, he explores the role of power dynamics in water governance. His interdisciplinary approach integrates insights from political science, environmental studies, and international relations, addressing critical issues such as water scarcity, climate change impacts, and the equitable distribution of water resources.
He has also been promoting the voices of Early Career Researchers and academics from the MENA region, as well as fostering trust in science. These initiatives are central to his roles as an Executive Committee member of the Global Young Academy, a Fellow of the International Science Council, a member of the board of trustees of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the Young Academy of Sustainability at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS).
His academic journey includes a BA and MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Trieste – Gorizia (Italy), studies in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS, University of London, and an MA in Interdisciplinary European Studies from the College of Europe. He earned his PhD at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, with a dissertation on the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan and its implications for transboundary water governance.
- Hussein, H., (2018), “Lifting the veil: Unpacking the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan”, Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 89, 385-392
- Hussein, H., (2018), “Tomatoes, tribes, bananas, and Bedouins: a political economy analysis of the shadow state and of the politics of water in Jordan,” Environmental Science and Policy Vol. 84, 170-176.
- Hussein, H., (2018),”Yarmouk, Jordan, and Disi basins: examining the impact of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan on transboundary water governance”, Mediterranean Politics
- Hussein, H., and Grandi, M., (2017), “Dynamic political contexts and power asymmetries: the cases of the Blue Nile and the Yarmouk Rivers”, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law, and Economics, 17(6), 795-814.
- Hussein, H.; Menga, F.; Greco, F. (2018), “Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes”, Sustainability, 10, 3640.
- Post-growth in texbooks: a comparative study of Ecuador, Germany and Jordan (with Cristina Espinosa and Matthias Kranke)
- The geopolitical economy of an undermined energy transition: the case of Jordan, published in Energy Policy, 180, 113655 (with Benjamin Schütze)
- Discourses and materialities of Jordanian climate change governance (with Benjamin Schütze)
