My PhD project is in Education (University of Warwick, UK), and I hold an MA in Global Education and International Development (University of Warwick), an MA in Linguistics (University of Aleppo, Syria), and a BA in English Language and Literature (University of Aleppo).
My research lies broadly within the field of International Higher Education and Development, and I also have experience of different areas of Education Studies. I am particularly interested in studying patterns of global mobility and knowledge exchange, interactions between education, conflict and reconstruction, and the role of higher education in recovery in conflict settings.
I have teaching experience across different themes of education and international development, with interest in qualitative research methods and diary research.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Akkad, A. (Forthcoming) “Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization” (Book Review), Journal of Refugee Studies
Akkad, A. & Henderson, F. E. (In progress) “Using diary method with busy professionals: Methodological insights from three diary studies with academics”
Henderson, F. E. & Akkad, A. (In progress) “The role of supervisors in the pre-application stage of doctoral admissions”
Akkad, A. (2022) “Displaced Syrian academics: Unheard voices in academia”, Forced Migration Review (70), Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Akkad, A. & Henderson, E. F. (2021) “Exploring the role of HE teachers as change agents in the reconstruction of post-conflict Syria”, Teaching in Higher Education DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1965571
Akkad, A. & Abdulkader, A. (2015) “Gender-related differences in ‘hedges’ and ‘intensifiers’ as used by EFL learners at the Higher Institute of Languages, Aleppo University”, Research Journal of Aleppo University, Arts and Humanities Sciences, Series No. 100, pp. 100-115
Research Projects Publications
Burford, J., Henderson, E. F., Akkad, A., Dangeni, Kier-Byfield, S. (in progress). The Role of the Supervisor in Pre-Application Doctoral Communications: Final Project Report. Coventry: Department for Education Studies, University of Warwick
Burford, James, Henderson, Emily F., Akkad, A., Dangeni, and Kier-Byfield, S. (2022) Pre-admissions doctoral communications: professional development activity kit for working with PGR supervisors. Coventry: Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick. Available at: www.warwick.ac.uk/PADC
Burford, James, Henderson, Emily F., Akkad, A., Dangeni, and Kier-Byfield, S. (2022) The role of the institution in pre-application doctoral communications: project brief. Coventry: Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick. Available at: www.warwick.ac.uk/PADC
Burford, James, Henderson, Emily F., Akkad, A., Dangeni, and Kier-Byfield, S. (2022) The role of the supervisor in pre-application doctoral communications: project brief. Coventry: Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick. Available at: www.warwick.ac.uk/PADC
