Bassel AkarBassel Akar has served as an Associate Professor of Education (2009-2023) and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Education (2014-2023) at Notre Dame University–Louaize, Lebanon. He is now Research Fellow at Centro de Estudos Africanos, Unversidade do Porto. His research on education in fragile contexts has focused on low and middle income conflict-affected countries, especially Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan and Egypt. Studies have examined education for social and human development through citizenship, history and early childhood education; provisions of education for young people made vulnerable by war and crises; and ethical and inclusive methods of inquiry for highly vulnerable populations. Read More Read Less