Dr. Yaser Alashqar is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the International Peace Studies MPhil programme at Trinity College (the University of Dublin) in Ireland. Born in Gaza, he completed a PhD in civil society and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Trinity College. His areas of research and teaching include civil society, Middle Eastern issues in international relations, conflicts and politics in the Middle East, mediation, peace-building, comparative peace processes in Northern Ireland and Palestine, Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is also an Associate Academic Member of the Center for Palestine Studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.