Gareth Stansfield

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Gareth Robert Vincent Stansfield OBE FRSA FRGS (born 26 October 1973) is a British academic, currently Professor of Middle East Studies and Al-Qasimi Chair of Arab Gulf Studies at Exeter University. [1]

Biography

Stansfield was educated at Hulme Grammar School, followed by Durham University, where he read Geography and was awarded the W A Moyes Prize. [2] He went on to complete an MA in Middle East Politics and a PhD at the same institution. [2] He joined Exeter as a Research Fellow in 2002. [2]

Stansfield has been critical of Turkish policy in Syria. [3]

Stansfield was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to UK interests in Iraq. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Gareth Stansfield". University of Exeter. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gareth R V Stansfield CV" (PDF). University of Exeter.
  3. ↑ Stansfield, Gareth (28 January 2018). "Turkey's attack on Syrian Kurds could overturn the entire region". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N28.
  5. ↑ "The King's New Year Honours 2024". Durham University. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.


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