Rashed Al Jayousi is a researcher in civil society, governance, and development. He holds a PhD in International Cultural Studies from Tohoku University (2024), an MSc in Finance and Economic Development from the University of Glasgow (HESPAL scholarship), and a BA in Economics from Al-Quds Bard College, with a minor in international law and human rights.
From 2018 to 2020 he worked at the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) on programmes covering the West Bank and Gaza, including anti-corruption, legal reform, and parliamentary oversight.
He came to Tohoku University in 2021 on a MEXT scholarship and completed his doctoral thesis, Beyond NGOization in Conflict, in 2024. His current research, supported by a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship through 2027, examines knowledge transfer and organisational resilience in Palestinian and Japanese civil society.
He is also a lecturer at the Arab American University Palestine, where he teaches in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
