Task - ArabTrans

ArabTrans
Political and Social
Transformations in the Arab World
Kseniya Kizilova
European Center for Survey Research
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
7th March, 2014 – ISEAH El Kef
www.arabtrans.eu
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ARABTRANS BASIC FACTS
It is an international research project;
It is primarily funded by European Commission through
Seventh Framework Project (FP7);
It is realized between April, 2013 – March, 2016;
It covers 7 countries of Middle East and North Africa
region;
It includes research themes spanning between areas of
sociology, politics and economics.
TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD
Since January 2011, the Arab World
entered into a historical process of
rapid and deep change of its political
and social structures. This process of
political transformations shows
some striking similarities with the
political
revolution
in
postCommunist Europe and post-Soviet
Eurasia in the period between
November 1989 (The fall of the Iron
Curtain) and December 1991 (The
end of the Soviet Union). The main
task of the proposed project is to
provide a scientific comparison the
political and social transformations
or stability in 7 Arab countries:
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,
Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq.
Project idea is to describe, explain and understand
the root causes, the evolution and future outlook of
the ‘Arab Spring’ in 7 Arab countries.
The main goal is to look comparatively at the
beliefs, values and behaviour with respect to
political and social transformations in 7 Arab
countries through use of comparative sample
survey. The countries covered are: Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq
The central objective of
this project is to analyse
the processes of political
transformations, economic
transformations and social
transformations in 7 Arab
countries in order to
ascertain homogeneities
and heterogeneities in
their development.
Social
changes
Political
changes
Economic
changes
ARABTRANS GOALS AND TASKS
● to analyse the processes of political and economic transformations in
regional and historical development;
● to look at the beliefs, values and behavior through use of comparative
sample surveys;
● to produce a series of national reports analyzing social and political
transformations in each country;
● to compare values, attitudes, and behavior of the citizens of Arab
countries over time;
● to identify the factors that triggered the recent social and political
transformation in the Arab World;
● to describe and explain the impact of the Arab Revolution upon the
role of the European Union in the region;
● to compare future trajectories of social and political transformations
both within countries over time and between different countries.
PROJECT SURVEY THEMES
Attitudes to political reform
Attitudes to social reform
Attitudes to civil society
Political behaviour
Economic behaviour
Participation in civil society
GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
NATIONAL TEAMS IN ARAB COUNTRIES
In the ArabTrans consortium there are 6 research teams tasked with
conducting large-scale quantitative surveys in 7 countries in the Arab
World.
Algeria – CREAD (Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquee pour le
Development)
Libya and Iraq – IIACSS (Independent Institute for Administration and Civil
Society Studies)
Egypt – Bassera (Egyptian Centre for Public
Opinion Research)
Tunisia – ASSF (Applied Social Science Forum)
Morocco – MEDA Solutions
Jordan – University of Jordan
ARABTRANS EUROPEAN PARTNERS
ArabTrans consortium includes 6 European partners.
United Kingdom – University of Aberdeen (Coordinator)
Spain – ASEP (Análisis Sociológicos Económicos y Políticos, Madrid)
Italy – ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milan)
Moldova – Concluzia (Centre for Survey Methodology)
Ireland – Dublin City University
Austria – University of Graz
United Kingdom
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Project Director: Prof.Christian Haerpfer
Project Manager: Katie Vincent
Secretary General: Kseniya Kizilova
Media Officer: Jakub Smigielski
United Kingdom
Task: general project coordination, survey design, data analysis and
project reports preparation, reporting to the European Commission,
results dissemination
Ireland
Dublin City University
Dr Giuseppe Merone – National Director
Dr Francesco Cavatorta – Team expert
Task: literature overview; data analysis and
country reports for Tunisia and Algeria
Spain
Analisis Sociologicos
Economicos y Politicos
National Director: Professor Juan Díez-Nicolás
Member of the Scientific Board: Mr Jaime Díez-Medrano
Task: survey design; data analysis and
country report for Morocco
Italy
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica
Internazionale
Dr Valeria Talbot – National Director
Dr Arturo Varvelli – Research Fellow at ISPI
Dr Andrea Plebani – Research Fellow at ISPI
Mr Eugenio Dacrema – Research Assistant at ISPI
Task: literature overview; data analysis and
project report on relations of the MENA
region with the EU and policy of the EU in
the MENA region
Austria
University of Graz
Professor Natalia Waechter –
National Director
Task: survey design; data analysis and
project report on youth activities and
involvement into ArabSpring
Moldova
Centre for Survey
Methodology
Dr Victoria Guzun – National
Director
Task: survey design, data processing,
codebook preparation, data analysis
Tunisia
Appied Social Science Forum
www.assforum.org
Prof. Abdelwahab Ben Hafaiedh – National Director
Mr Adel Dhahri – Research fellow
Task: survey design, fieldwork in Tunisia,
data analysis, country report preparation
Algeria
Centre de Recherche en
Économie Appliquée pour
le Dévelopment
Professor Abdel Nasser Djabi –
National Director
Task: survey design, fieldwork in Algeria,
data analysis, country report preparation
Egypt
Baseera - Egyptian Center
for Public Opinion
Research
Professor Magued Osman –
National Director
Task: survey design, fieldwork in Egypt,
data analysis, country report preparation
Iraq & Libya
Independent Institute for
Administration and Civil
Society Studies
Dr Munqith Dagher – National
Director
Task: survey design, fieldwork in Iraq and
Libya, data analysis, country report
preparation
Jordan
University of Jordan
Center for Strategic Studies
Dr Musa Shteiwi – National Director
Dr Walid Alkhatib – Research fellow
Task: survey design, fieldwork in Jordan,
data analysis, country report preparation
Morocco
MEDA Solutions
Professor Mhammed Abderebbi –
National Director
Task: survey design, fieldwork in
Morocco, data analysis, country
report preparation
ARABTRANS PROJECT LOGIC
Literature overview (2013);
Secondary data analysis (2013);
Survey design (2013);
Comparative national survey (n=2000 in 7 countries; 2014);
Data analysis (2014);
Country reports preparation (2015);
Comparative cross-country report preparation (2015);
Policy recommendations (2015);
Results publication and dissemination (2015-2016).
ARABTRANS PROJECT METHODS
The main method of the project is a comparativequantitative large-scale sample survey with 2000
respondents in 7 Arab countries: Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq and a
systematic scientific analysis of historical, cultural,
political and social processes of transformation
and change in the Arab World. Fieldwork is
scheduled for April-July 2014; questionnaire
consists of 108 questions.
ARABTRANS DISSEMINATION TOOLS
- Project web-site: www.arabtrans.eu
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArabTrans
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/arabtrans_fp7
- Monthly issued electronic newsletter
- Printing materials: posters, brochures, leaflets
- Presentations at conferences, seminars, workshops
- Series of results presenting workshops
in 7 countries in 2015
ARABTRANS PROJECT IMPACT
● informing policymaking process through
targeted dissemination of findings and expert
advice offered at national, European, and
international levels;
● providing wider public and media with
independent, evidence-based view of the ongoing
social, economic, and political transformations in
the Arab World;
● helping to create a common research area
across
the
European
Union’s
Southern
neighbourhood in the Southern and South-Eastern
part of the Mediterranean area.
NEW CALLS WITHIN HORIZON 2020
● Encouraging the research and innovation cooperation
between the Union and selected regional partners –
proposals targeting Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood,
Eastern Partnership (deadline for submission: 2014-04-29
and 2015-01-20);
● Re-invigorating the partnership between the two shores of
the Mediterranean (deadline for submission: 2015-01-07);
● Towards a new geopolitical order in the South and East
Mediterranean region (deadline for submission: 2015-01-07).
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