Expertise

Subject Area(s): Comparative Politics

Professor Holger Albrecht has done research on civil-military relations, violent domestic conflicts, authoritarian regimes, political opposition, Islamist movements, and economic reforms in the Middle East and North Africa. More recently, he has explored the role of the military in politics, with a focus on loyalty and insubordination in domestic conflicts. This includes coups d’état, mutinies, and defection during civil wars. Empirically, my work draws on original coup event data, survey data, and field research conducted in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, and Lebanon.

Research Interests:

  •  Civil-Military Relations
  • Authoritarianism and Regime Change
  • Middle East Politics
  • Violent Domestic Conflict

Teaching Interests

  • Middle East Politics
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Islamist Movements & Terrorism
  • Authoritarianism
  • Research Design

 

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University in Cairo (past)

Assistant Professor, Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (past)

Department of Middle Eastern Affairs, Comparative Analysis of Political Systems and Empirical Political Research, Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University in Cairo (past)

Communities
Political Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany, 2008
MA, University of Tübingen, Germany, Political Science, 2001