Zakaria (Zak) AL SHMALY is a Syrian academic who researches the intersection between governance and asylum policy. He worked in Europe and the Middle East with humanitarian and international organisations such as the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and the European Parliament. He holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University College Freiburg, an M.A. from the European University Institute, and is currently a Dahrendorf Fellow at Oxford University - St. Antony’s College and a Doctoral Fellow at the United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Zak is also a musician and a political theatre enthusiast.

	Selected publications by Zakaria Al Shmaly
Theses
Al Shmaly , Zakaria, 2022, Citizen by choice? The effect of context on political socialisation of Syrian refugees in Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg, Florence : European University Institute, 2022 , School of Transnational Governance, Master Thesis, More information