Martin Helge Beck, PhD

Introduction

Martin Beck, who received their academic education in Tübingen, Germany, is Professor in International Relations and Security Studies in the School of Social Sciences and Programme Director for PhD in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH). Martin, who currently serves as Professor in Politics of the Middle East at the University of Marburg, is also affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and is an Associate of GIGA (German Institute for Global and Area Studies). They have previously worked as researcher, academic teacher, and political advisor at universities, research institutes, and think tanks in Europe (Tübingen, Hamburg, Bremen, and Odense), the USA (Denver, Colorado), and not least in the Middle East (Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq). Martin’s research, which has been published in pertinent journals and with renowned publishing houses, covers international politics and political economy, in particular studies on regional power relations, the Arab–Israeli conflict, regional oil politics, rentierism, securitization policies and migration policies. For more details see their profile at ResearchGate und Google Scholar.

Education

• - Post-doctoral Degree (“Habilitation”) and Lecturing Qualification (Venia Legendi) in Political Science, University of Tübingen, 2001
• - Doctoral Degree in Political Science, University of Tübingen, 1994
• - State Teaching Exam in Political Science and German Linguistics and Literature, University of Tübingen, 1989

Research

Professor Martin Beck’s over 150 scientific publications cover international politics and political economy, in particular regional power relations in the Middle East, the Arab–Israeli conflict, regional oil politics, securitisation studies, comparative analysis of rentier states, and migration studies. Martin has published with renowned publishing houses and in pertinent double-blind peer reviewed journals such as Third World Quarterly, Global Policy, Middle East Critique, Mediterranean Politics, Democracy and Security, European Foreign Affairs Review, the Journal of Refugee Studies, Palgrave Communications, and Energy Research and Social Science, among others. They are co-editor and co-author of two chapters in Beck and Richter Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies of the Arab Gulf and beyond (Manchester: Manchester University Press), which was published in paperback in 2023. For more details see their profile at ResearchGate.

Professional Membership

• German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO)
• German Political Science Association (DVPW)