14 years of expertise conducting research and evaluation missions in fragile and conflict-affected areas of iraq, and has supervised over 16 projects and research, including needs assessments, baseline surveys, evaluation studies, conflict analyses, and gender assessments. i have a phd in strategic planning. before working in research and evaluation, abdulkareem directed and coordinated over 23 projects in iraq focusing on peacebuilding, violent extremism, social cohesion, political empowerment, good governance, and youth and women’s empowerment, as well as other local and field studies.
abdul karim is a sub-director of the tahrir association for development (tad), a local non-governmental organization (ngo) that works in iraq to promote peace, democracy, and civic and political empowerment.
Research briefs
Locating the local police in Iraq’s security arena: community policing, the ‘three Ps’ and trust in Ninawa Province
This paper focuses on how the role of the local police is perceived in two districts in Mosul: Hay al-Tanak, a Sunni neighborhood in the west side of Mosul. And Hamdaniya, which is a multi-ethnic district with 80% Assyrian Christian and other minorities.