H. A. Hellyer

H.A. Hellyer FRHistS FRSA
H.A. Hellyer, speaking on the BBC's 'Doha Debates'
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Occupation	Scholar
Academic background
Alma mater	Warwick University Sheffield University
Academic work
Discipline	International Relations Security Studies Religion
Institutions	Brookings Institution Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Royal United Services Institute Harvard University Atlantic Council Warwick University
Notable works	The Other Europeans: Muslims of Europe A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road Beyond Revolt “A Sublime Way: The Sufi Path of the Sages of Makka”
Website	www.hahellyer.com

H. A. Hellyer is a British geopolitical analyst, and scholar in security studies, political economy, history, and belief.

He is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,^[1] and a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute.^[2] He was previously fellow of Cambridge University's Centre for Islamic Studies, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East,^[3] and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section.^[4]

Hellyer was previously senior practice consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,^[5] and senior research fellow at the University of Warwick.^[6] Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.^[7] Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team.^[4]

He is the author of Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans, and A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.

Hellyer was raised between the UK and the Middle East.^[5]

After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.^[6] He was appointed as Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.^[7]

He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,^[8] as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects 'Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism' and 'Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities'.^[6]

Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,^[9] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.^[10] Additionally, as the recipient of a law degree from the University of Sheffield,^[3] he taught as a visiting professor of law at the American University in Cairo.^[10]

Hellyer was a senior practice consultant and senior analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.^[5] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.^[11]

• H.A. Hellyer. Muslims of Europe: The "Other" Europeans. Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
  • reviewed by Deepa A. in Islamonline^[12]
  • Review by T.Parray in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume 31, Issue 2, 2011, pages 293–295^[13]
  • reviewed by Alexandre Caiero in Review of Middle East Studies Vol. 47, No. 1 (Summer 2013), pp. 89–91
• H.A. Hellyer A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt Hurst and Company/Oxford University Press, 2016

• The Dialogue Society: Dr H.A. Hellyer
• Institute for Social Policy and Understanding: H.A. Hellyer
• BBC World Service "Doha Debates": This House believes the Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam's reputation as a religion of peace 29 April 2008
• BBC World Service "Doha Debates": Of Minarets, Islam and Switzerland: a conversation with Dr H.A.Hellyer