**About the Editors**

#### **Timo Kivimaki**

Timo Kivimaki is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Bath, UK, and a ¨ Senior Non-Resident Fellow of the Sejong Institute (Seoul, Republic of Korea). Professor Kivimaki ¨ joined the University of Bath in January 2015. Previously, he held professorships at the University of Helsinki, the University of Lapland, and the University of Copenhagen. Professor Kivimaki ¨ has also been the Director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Copenhagen) and the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Helsinki. In addition to purely academic work, Professor Kivimaki has been a frequent consultant to the Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Russian, Malaysian, ¨ Indonesian, and Swedish governments, as well as to several UN and EU organizations on conflict and terrorism.

#### **Rana Jawad**

Dr. Rana Jawad is a Senior Lecturer of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Her main research interests focus on the social policies and welfare systems of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with particular emphasis on the Arab and Muslim populations there. She is also a leading specialist in the role of religious ideas, actors, and institutions in shaping social welfare action. In 2013, she co-founded and now convenes the MENA Social Policy Network, which is the world's only research and knowledge exchange group of its kind. Since 2021, Dr. Jawad has been leading a UK Global Challenges Research Fund research project on conflict prevention and social policy, (2020–2024). This project funded the production of this book.
